Anything past 10.7-10.12 is not safe to clone due to the recovery partition not carrying over correctly, and 10.13-present uses APFS which is still a WIP so nobody has released a cloning tool that works with it. '''Start over from scratch on the OS - cloning does not work and has been a problem for years.'''
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What you need to do is make a [guide|119046|Time Machine backup] (or use the old drive) and install the new drive into the Mac, and use Internet Recovery (will get the latest version). The other option is to make a recovery USB by downloading a version of MacOS you want, and installing from the USB drive.
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What you need to do is make a [guide|119046|Time Machine backup] (or use the old drive) and install the new drive into the Mac, and use Internet Recovery (will get the latest version). The other option is to make a [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+create+a+bootable+USB+drive/66371|recovery USB] by downloading a version of MacOS you want, and installing from the USB drive.
Anything past 10.7-10.12 is not safe to clone due to the recovery partition not carrying over correctly, and 10.13-present uses APFS which is still a WIP so nobody has released a cloning tool that works with it. '''Start over from scratch on the OS - cloning does not work and has been a problem for years.'''
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What you need to do is make a [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+create+a+macOS+Time+Machine+backup/119046|Time Machine backup] (or use the old drive) and install the new drive into the Mac, and use Internet Recovery (will get the latest version) or make a recovery USB by downloading a version of MacOS you want, and installing from the USB drive.
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What you need to do is make a [guide|119046|Time Machine backup] (or use the old drive) and install the new drive into the Mac, and use Internet Recovery (will get the latest version). The other option is to make a recovery USB by downloading a version of MacOS you want, and installing from the USB drive.
Anything past 10.7-10.12 is not safe to clone due to the recovery partition not carrying over correctly, and 10.13-present uses APFS which is still a WIP so nobody has released a cloning tool that works with it. '''Start over from scratch on the OS - cloning does not work and has been a problem for years.'''
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What you need to do is make a Time Machine backup (or use the old drive) and install the new drive into the Mac, and use Internet Recovery (will get the latest version) or make a recovery USB by downloading a version of MacOS you want, and installing from the USB drive.
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What you need to do is make a [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+create+a+macOS+Time+Machine+backup/119046|Time Machine backup] (or use the old drive) and install the new drive into the Mac, and use Internet Recovery (will get the latest version) or make a recovery USB by downloading a version of MacOS you want, and installing from the USB drive.
Anything past 10.7-10.12 is not safe to clone due to the recovery partition not carrying over correctly, and 10.13-present uses APFS which is still a WIP so nobody has released a cloning tool that works with it. Start over from scratch on the OS.
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Anything past 10.7-10.12 is not safe to clone due to the recovery partition not carrying over correctly, and 10.13-present uses APFS which is still a WIP so nobody has released a cloning tool that works with it. '''Start over from scratch on the OS - cloning does not work and has been a problem for years.'''
What you need to do is make a Time Machine backup (or use the old drive) and install the new drive into the Mac, and use Internet Recovery (will get the latest version) or make a recovery USB by downloading a version of MacOS you want, and installing from the USB drive.
Anything past 10.7-10.12 is not safe to clone due to the recovery partition not carrying over correctly, and 10.13-present uses APFS which is still a WIP so nobody has released a cloning tool that works with it. Start over from scratch on the OS.
What you need to do is make a Time Machine backup (or use the old drive) and install the new drive into the Mac, and use Internet Recovery (will get the latest version) or make a recovery USB by downloading a version of MacOS you want, and installing from the USB drive.