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Will Crucial MX500 SSD fit into the upgrade kit's silicone enclosure?

I am upgrading to SSD and I do not have WiFi at home, so I cannot access Internet Recovery at home where I am working.

My plan was to install the new SSD into the silicone enclosure, clone it from my existing hard drive, and then install it.

But it is not clear to me whether the SSD is physically compatible with the silicone enclosure, and I’m not keen on forcing it.

Has anyone tried this? Can anyone tell me definitively that it will or will not work?

I’m also happy to hear an alternative approach. Thank you!

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You don’t need an enclosure for installation. Use the enclosure for your old hard drive externally. Do not clone, you will lose the repair partition ny cloning. Instead, install the system and then use Migration Assistant to move your data. Here’s how to do it:

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I would go to the 2012 Hard drive/IR cable. It may take a little modification one the hard drive retainer bar.

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Thanks, Mayer - I know I don't need the enclosure for installation, I believe it comes with the kit in case you want to use it for the hard drive that's coming out. I was planning to use it for the new SSD before installation in order to format and clone from the old drive. iFixit's suggestion is to format it and install Mac OS from Internet Recovery, but I don't have access to wifi where I am doing the upgrade, thus my plan for formatting.

If you were in my situation, what would you do for formatting and cloning?

I have the 2012 hard drive cable from a previous suggestion you made on a question of mine months ago (thanks again!), as well as some kapton tape someone else recommended for "pinch points." What sort of modification around the retainer bar should I expect? This is only about my third time on the inside of this (or any) computer, and I'm a gardener by trade, so this is uncharted territory for me.

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I finally got it to work! Proceeding now with formatting and cloning, then on to the installation...

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Don't clone! Read my answer.

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Just saw this - what do you mean by the repair partition? Is that the same as the Recovery partition? Using CCC I was able to include a Recovery partition.

Edit: I cloned from a bootable clone created with CCC on a brand new hard drive. A friend suggested this as a preferred clone source to my original mid 2010 HDD.

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@photochthon - Please follow @mayer 's guidance. We have found more problems caused by cloning software than we can shake a stick at!

It's best to have a clean OS install using the OS installer app and then using the Migration Assistant App to move your user accounts, apps & data over using either an external drive case (FireWire or USB) or SATA to USB adapter cable.

Yes, there is a hidden recovery (repair) partition. While CCC might build it correctly with your version of OS some versions of macOS have issues with the structure CCC creates, Which is why we stopped using any cloning app quite a few years ago.

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