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Installing a new ssd in MacOS High Sierra

This guide is for upgrading to a new SSD, restoring from Time Machine and keeping your Recovery Partition.

The first time I tried to install a new SSD I just installed the SSD and didn't format anything. I figured the format would be chosen by MacOS but it wasn't and the recovery partition didn't copy over to the new disk. If you don't have a Recovery Partition you can't use Disk Encryption or Find My Mac.

Note: you may have to disable/remove disk encryption but my Disk wasn't encrypted so I don't have steps for that

Preparing your Computer

Do a Time Machine Backup and make sure you're not excluding anything you need
Shut down your Mac and go through the process of removing the old drive

Macbook Models

Macbook Pro

First Generation: Metallic Polycarbonate (2006-2008)

Early 2006 (Intel Core Duo)
Late 2006 (Intel Core 2 Duo)
Mid 2007 (Intel Core 2 Duo)
Late 2007 (Intel Core 2 Duo)
Early 2008 (Intel Core 2 Duo)

TLDR

Power issues, do an SMC reset. Display resolution, sound or startup disk issues, do a PRAM reset.

SMC Reset

Apple Menu > Shut Down
Shift + Ctrl + Opt (left side) & Power button at the same time. Hold for 10 seconds.
Release all keys
Power on your Mac

PRAM Reset

Subnautica

There be spoilers about, be careful young sailor.

Alien Warp Gates

4 Master Gates
- Ion Cube Pedestal at Front
- Master Gates Unlock Slave Gates
4 Slave Gates

Communities

Overclocking

Vegas Pro 14 Tweaks for Windows 10

Turn off GPU Acceleration

Options > Preferences > Video > GPU acceleration of video processing: Off
Click Apply then OK
Restart Vegas

Disable Multi-Core Rendering for Playback

Ctrl+Shift + Options > Preferences (gives hidden Internal tab)
Click the Internal tab

	# get a list of video titles for a channel
	youtube-dl -i -e https://youtube.com/channel/CHANNEL_ID

	# alternative
	youtube-dl --skip-download --ignore-errors https://youtube.com/channel/CHANNEL_ID

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	# test your internet connection
	https://testmy.net/
	https://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
	https://fast.com/
	https://www.nperf.com/en/
	https://speedof.me/ - not recommended anymore because of lack of privacy options and forcing vpn deals on users

	# dns
	https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm

	selenium==3.141.0
	urllib3==1.25.3