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The package arrived with the OWC 1TB SSD and install kit.

My basic plan is to do a discrete backup of apps and docs etc. from the
sys HD to another offline spinner so that I'm not relying on TM.
(Currently at 10.14.6 (Mojave)). I'll attack this Saturday.

Before 'gluing' the LCD/BL assembly back on I'll boot the machine to see
if I can get to recovery mode.

Shut off, glue it up and then boot into recovery again and install BigS
via the web. Then recover from TM and/or the offline copy.

Any suggestions?

(Irony is that I'll probably be buying an MBA or MBP in the coming weeks
for a project that will require a lot of travel. I sold my company MBA
in June and replaced it with a Mini. Naturally I now need a laptop).

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"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens
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In message <0HWuH.11716$lo15.6495@fx35.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

The package arrived with the OWC 1TB SSD and install kit.

My basic plan is to do a discrete backup of apps and docs etc. from the
sys HD to another offline spinner so that I'm not relying on TM.
(Currently at 10.14.6 (Mojave)). I'll attack this Saturday.

Before 'gluing' the LCD/BL assembly back on I'll boot the machine to see
if I can get to recovery mode.

Shut off, glue it up and then boot into recovery again and install BigS
via the web. Then recover from TM and/or the offline copy.

Big Sur is not currently available via Internet Install.

Having just restored a machine I would recommend you boot of the TM
drive and restore your system You'll be back exactly where you were.


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When you come to the fork in the road, take it
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On 2020-11-23 19:05, Lewis wrote:

In message <0HWuH.11716$lo15.6495@fx35.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

The package arrived with the OWC 1TB SSD and install kit.

My basic plan is to do a discrete backup of apps and docs etc. from the
sys HD to another offline spinner so that I'm not relying on TM.
(Currently at 10.14.6 (Mojave)). I'll attack this Saturday.

Before 'gluing' the LCD/BL assembly back on I'll boot the machine to see
if I can get to recovery mode.

Shut off, glue it up and then boot into recovery again and install BigS
via the web. Then recover from TM and/or the offline copy.

Big Sur is not currently available via Internet Install.

Strange. Maybe by the weekend.

Or if there's a firm date for it I'm willing to wait. Wishful thinking?

But I can still DL it and make an installer (?)

Having just restored a machine I would recommend you boot of the TM
drive and restore your system You'll be back exactly where you were.

Well, not exactly. I have some excluded folders such as the VM's for
Windows and Linux and some others. About 120 GB worth.
IAC, I'll be doing a 'checklist' exercise before starting to be sure
nothing can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong ...

--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens
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On 2020-11-23 19:05, Lewis wrote:

Having just restored a machine I would recommend you boot of the TM
drive and restore your system You'll be back exactly where you were.

Another issue here is that attempts to update Mohave to Catalina have
failed, so "being exactly" where I am would not be a good thing if
whatever ails my system now gets 'planted' onto the new drive.
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