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Can Apple Macintosh computers boot from a USB volume?
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Can I attach a USB external drive to a Mac and boot from it? Specifically, will I be able to install Snow Leopard from an external USB DVD drive on a modern Intel Macbook?
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Mac 101: Yes, Intel Macs can be booted from an external USB drive Since the release of the Intel Mac computers, and with Mac OS X 10.4.5 or later, you can start up from an installed system on a USB hard disk. Here's the Apple support document that t…
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