I’ve a Macbook Air mid-2013. As the peculiar solid-state drive experienced sporadic performance with macOS Catalina installed, I decided to experiment with alternatives. I obtained a third-party solid-state drive with the same dimensions, along with an adapter that allows me to connect it seamlessly. Since it originates from a Windows machine, when I initiate the boot process, it promptly starts loading Windows, indicating that the drive is effectively recognized and accessible.
I have a bootable USB drive created using a tool that supports macOS Catalina. Notwithstanding its potential, the device refused to operate, instead presenting a…
Now, by pressing Command + R, this MacBook boots up using the operating system that came pre-installed – macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion in particular. This specific model of macOS runs on this particular SSD drive. It doesn’t appear to be accessible within Disk Utility, for instance. You cannot set up OS X Mountain Lion from this device? I consider this: The icon for the USB drive appears as a circle with a horizontal line through it, indicating that it has been successfully booted.
In macOS 11, pressing Command + R immediately restarts the system in Recovery Mode, allowing you to access and manage your startup disk and other storage devices, including the solid-state drive (SSD). So you’re looking to establish this model. While the latest model may be too demanding for my older device, I plan to install macOS 10.15 (Catalina) as a more suitable alternative.
How can I obtain that? Can you boot into Recovery Mode on your Mac and then use Disk Utility to copy the installation volume from your Catalina install media to your SSD, or reinstall macOS directly onto your SSD if it’s already formatted?
