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![]() ![]() Removed 2TB SSD from iMac, connected it via USB, mount = OK. Went back to the MacMini, downloaded latest Ventura 13.4.1 installer using MacMini to the iMac's SSD.Īttempt install = error, “Downloading the installer build manifest failed” with OK button.Ĭopied installer to MacMini, attempt install to iMac failed with, “you may not install to this volume because it is in target disk mode” with OK button. Then it says browser is out of date.( iMac has 13.4 Ventura, running from online Recovery.) Apple’s get button goes to an ad for the 15” MacBook Pro. Might explain online recovery’s Disk Utility failures. Taking iMac back to online recovery, the reinstall OS option produces installer for OS Sierra, 10.12. Running online recovery from iMac: Disk Utility produces Code 8 errors all around.Ĭonnected target disk mode to Mac Mini, drive mounts and verifies correctly as before. Reset PRAM, no change, using wired keyboard/mouse. The iMac refuses to recognize the new 2TB SSD, internal or external. (External drive not available as startup, BTW.) Ran Disk Utility on format, wrapper and directory, all 3 verified correctly, code 0, no problems found. (Also made full copy on a spare 1TB SSD.)Ĭonnect new 2TB SSD via USB to a brand-new M2 MacMini running latest Ventura 13.4.1 (with Startup Security Utility set to “reduced”). ![]() ![]() In an effort to eliminate beachballs and speed operation, cloned Fusion drive to a single, newly formatted (Ventura) 2TB Samsung SSD. ![]()
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