how to install os from an external hard drive

how do you install os to a mac from an external hard drive

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 2, 2020 03:11 AM

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Posted on Sep 2, 2020 06:39 AM

If you boot from another drive, you can run the installer from that drive.

If you don't have a bootable drive, you can create a bootable installer.

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Sep 2, 2020 06:39 AM in response to BZJ597

If you boot from another drive, you can run the installer from that drive.

If you don't have a bootable drive, you can create a bootable installer.

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