
Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have. Do I have an HDD or an SSD in my MacBook? Ask Question. Alfred download for mac. Up vote-3 down vote favorite. I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014). I am running macOS Sierra 10.12.4. Is there any way to find out if I have a hard disk or a solid state disk?
Ssd Question For Mac Mini
You have to install OS X on the SSD in order to use it. Start with: Drive Preparation for Lion 1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
Ssd For Mac Pro
After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.' S ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say 'Verified' then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.