Install and Run macOS Monterey or Big Sur on External Disk [HOW TO]
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- How To Install and Run macOS Monterey or Big Sur on External Disk. Two Easy Methods on How to setup, install and run macOS Monterey or macOS Big Sur on an External Disk. Tutorial showing, two methods, the entire steps, from start to finish, on how to successfully setup and run macOS 11 Big Sur or macOS 12 Monterey on an external disk.
How To Setup & Run macOS Big Sur on External DiskI:
Tested on the following macOS:
macOS Monterey
macOS Big Sur
Furthermore, after we’ve done playing around with macOS Big Sur or Monterey, we’ll show the correct process, on how to re-format, the external disk, the right way, to its original state.
UPDATE: Compatible with macOS Monterey public beta & macOS Big Sur
🎬 Table of Contents:
00:00 - INTRO
00:08 - MASTERCLASS EPISODE
00:12 - TWO METHODS RUN Big Sur on External Disk
00:32 - IMPORTANT NOTES and Helpful TIPS
01:58 - METHOD 1 - Run macOS Big Sur on External Disk
02:22 - PREPARE EXTERNAL DISK: For macOS Big Sur
05:03 - METHOD 2 - Run macOS Big Sur on External Disk
05:56 - ONE MORE THING
05:59 - FORMAT YOUR SSD THE RIGHT WAY
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TERMINAL COMANDS TO FORMAT SSD THE RIGHT WAY:
After logging on to your main computer, do the following.
Step 1: Eject the external disk.
Step 2: Launch Terminal and enter the following command:
diskutil list
It’s very important that you pay special attention and note the Identifier of your
computer.
As you’ll notice, in our case, these are the disk identifiers for our main internal disk computer.
Step 3: Connect your external disk to the computer and as was done before, issue the following command:
diskutil list
Take note of your external disk identifier, in our case, our disk identifier is, disk2s2
Step 4: Issue the following command, using your noted disk identifier, to re- format the external disk.
diskutil apfs deleteContainer YourExternalDiskIdentifier
Since our External Disk Identifier is disk2s2, we’ll add it to the end of the command, shown above:
diskutil apfs deleteContainer disk2s2
After pressing return, the erase process for the external disk will begin.
Step 5: Launch Disk utility, and you’ll notice, you’re able to rename or format the external disk as usual.
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Brilliant - works perfectly. Thanks for taking the time to create such a clear tutorial. Many people who make these sorts of tutorials often leave out critical steps or make assumptions. Yours however was very clear. Thank you :)
Receiving comments like these makes it all worthwhile. Thank you @RJMCTV…really appreciate your feedback.
This worked for me! I had 3 iMacs running on a external ssd at my office and we’re running Catalina on APFS format. I updated to Monterey originally and sent them all into a boot loop.... I had to recover all files and reformat to Mac OS extended journaled and it worked!
Excellent tutorial, this really helped me with installing a new SSD from an external enclosure. Worked perfectly. THANKS!
Thank you Michael…really appreciate your comment, means a lot to me.
Followed your tutorial using a Buffalo SSD, and a Mac Pro Intel and this worked wonderfully. Thank you for the clear tutorial!
Thank you for your feedback, really appreciate your comments.
Excellent video, thank you for your time and energy, I must appreciate you.
Thank you and you’re most welcome.
Wow very informative! Another banger!
Thank you…your comment is much appreciated
Great Video!!! Very helpful
Thank you for your feedback much appreciated.
Do you have to keep the external hard drive or SD plugged in after install or are you able to disconnect it? Do I have to have any storage room on my macbook air or will everything be held on the external hard drive?
can the external SSD disk be connected before you start up your computer before install or should it be removed after you erase it to Journaled format and then reconnect it?
I tried to install, Monterey on an external ssd , from the M1 Mac mini, but it just boot back into the internal computer hard drive. I’ve tried it 3 different times, but same results.
Why were you unable to reformat the external disk?
Thx for this video. I installed Big Sur to an external disk (Samsung X5) with my Mac Mini 2018 128GB last week and it booted in about 15 seconds, a little bit faster than the internal SDD. Yesterday I upgraded to Monterey and a boot time as increased significantly to a very slow 45 seconds. It seems that Monterey is not fully utilizing the SSD's speed at startup. When the OS has started up it seems to work normal. I will try a clean install with Monterey later today.
You’re most welcome Gerard. Really appreciate you taking time explaining your external disk install experience.
@@macStudioA I did a clean install of Monterey on my Samsung X5 and startup time is about 45 seconds again. After startup the speed feels ok and write/read speeds according to Blackmagic is about 1,8Gb/s write and 2,2 Gb/s read. Then I installed Monterey on the internal disk of my Mac Mini 2018. Boot time is very fast on internal disk, 15 seconds. System feels also more snappy when started up. Write speed according to Blackmagic, 1,0 Gb/s write, 2,4Gb/s read. So there seems to be something changed in the way Monterey handles an external disk vs the internal disk. Maybe Apple is trying to discourage external SSDs with their new OS. For now I will move my photo library to the Samsung X5 and run the OS from the internal disk.
Edit: I enabled FileVault in the security settings for the Samsung X5, this seemed to improve things (startup time now about 25 seconds). When I installed Monterey on the internal disk, the installer asked if I wanted to use FileVault (default setting). When I installed Monterey on the external disk I did not ask me to enable FileVault, it is disabled by default. Don’t know why that is, but enabling took about 10 minutes to encrypt the disk and after that everything is running smoother. You would expect that encryption would make it slower, but apparently Apple has optimized this. The internal disk however is still quicker.
Edit 2: FileVault only improved the boot time up to login. The boot/load time after login it self however is still a bit longer than on the internal disk.
Hi @Gerard…Thank you so much for your articulate comments.
After reading you initial comment, before edited, I went straight away to do clean install on an external EVO 870 SSD. Well, I came in a distance second to your boot time, with a staggering 51 seconds.
Personally, I don’t think Apple has really done anything to discourage external disk install. MacOS still in its initial infancy…other versions, correction…updates will hopefully improve the boot situation. I recall when doing similar install, when Big Sur was officially released, a clean install on internal disk & also on an ext. ssd…was very slow…and the only macOS versions never really used.
Again, in my opinion, macOS Monterey is far more snappier than on Big Sur.
However, one option never tried, was the FileVault option…like you, was always sceptical that FileVault would slow down or be a lot slower with it enabled…WOW! your results with it enabled…speechless.
Will do same later…enabling it that is. Hopefully major future macOS Monterey updates does not change things… like make boot time slower, time will tell.
So forward and onwards to us crazy ones…who dare to install…setup & run macOS on an external SSD.
@@macStudioA Thx for detailed response. Makes sense. I decided to leave the new MacOs on the internal SSD 128GB, this should also make it immune for future upgrades. The read speed on the internal SSD are even higher than on external one. I moved the Photo Library which takes up the most space to the Samsung X5 (it is fully back-up in the iCloud). I don't want to wait for Apple to sort their stuff, it is becoming more complex with M1 devices already and the way they allocates SSD / memory use. My M1 iMac feels lighting fast compared to the Mac Mini 2018 :). But everything is relative.. Seems memory use has also improved under Monterey with my M1, as I am reading lower numbers.
@Gerard…Did the FileVault thing on ext. SSD…20 seconds improvement…still came in second with a time of 31 secs…now I just blame on my external drive enclosure ;) which I know to get a better one. BTW running installs from Mac mini Late 2014 model.
Just an addendum. With macs using the T2 chip, you will need to enable booting from an external disk by launching the startup security utilitity from the recovery console.
This can only be done if there is a working macos installation present as you will need to enter a macos password before the utility is allowed to run.
Once this is done the process is the same you highlighted.
Thank you @Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen, appreciate your addendum, good to know.
@@macStudioA my pleasure. Sadly Apple broke time machine restores as well from Big Sur onwards. But that's a bit long to explain.
Hi Serge, thank you for the video.
I already did all that, and run very well, but I can’t install any program of adobe, (original) for example photoshop and Lightroom.
The advice is: error 22
Can you help me with that. Thank you!
I try on Imac 5k 27” 2019
External SSD Sandisk Extreme Portable V2 with Os Monterey
Hi Sergio…it could be Adobe (original) is not compatible with latest macOS, I currently don’t have or use any of the original or CC versions.
You could also try Googling “Adobe error 20 macOS” & see what results comes up.
Sorry can’t think of anything else.
@@macStudioA thank you but I don’t understand what happened. I have install and perfect run Adobe in Internal HD in Monterey too. The issue is when I try install in external SD.
Thank you Serge.
Does this mean that I can carry all my macbook data inside a portable ssd and use it in different computers? For example can i use my friend's macbook or a public iMac to run as my personal computer at home? (Assuming I carry my external ssd when i travel)
Great question…In theory; that’s the way I have tested and used it before…then over past few years, Apple had made so many changes to it’s macOS in terms of security, that in order to have a seamless experience, public iMac might have firewalls that prevents it and for friends mac, you have to make sure that it’s compatible to run your chosen macOS.
Have done the above scenario locally, using same Lan (Ethernet) and wi-fi settings, and worked like a charm. Testing on different Macs, as would be expected…only worked if they were compatible. For example, trying to run (external SSD) installed with say Monterey on MacBook Pro that can only be upgraded to Catalina, was not possible.
Everything seems to work fine locally, but as this method outlined in this video is not officially supported by Apple, I tend to just use it for the purpose of testing beta macOS’s and cannot advise to do so in a real world working environment. And with Apple making iCloud more reliable and accessible than ever, storing you data and files in iCloud seems or has become a lot more easier than ever before.
However, nothing is stopping you from trying or testing your proposed scenario yourself and see how it works out for you.
I sincerely hope that helps and not confused you.
@@macStudioA Thanks a lot for your detailed answer. I will definitely try this as well.
You’re most welcome @Berke Sokol, pleasure to help.
I followed all the steps, including creating the bootbale drive, but when I restart holding ALT key the bootbale drive won't show...only the regular HD... =/ FAILED
does the second external disk have to be Mac OS journaled?
Does not really matter, the install will convert your external disk to APFS. Hope that helps @rmjaln
if i disconnect the external HD will it continue to run big sur on my mac book?
I have the same question 🙋🏻♀️
No
Can I format as APFS?
External drive?
The macOS installers from Mojave and up should always do APFS conversion automatically behind the scenes. In other words it does not matter, or if you want to make sure then by all means format as APFS. Hope that helps✌🏼
Thanks