Computer question

[fecmech]

My daughter-in-law has about a 10 yr old Mac. and is thinking about getting a new Windows machine. If she clones her hard drive to an external drive could she then run her old system on the new computer through the USB port?

[dannyd]

Nope, will not work she may be able to use some of the data she has created

[DougGuy]

Likely wouldn't be able to boot to it but she could access files on it through usb *IF* windows can read the mac file system.

Also depends on how recent the mac OS is. Apple File System (APFS): The file system used by macOS 10.13 or later. Mac OS Extended: The file system used by macOS 10.12 or earlier. MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT: File systems that are compatible with Windows.

Why not load Linux Mint onto a used PC or laptop and let her check that out? It is VERY easy now to switch from Windows to Linux via Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop environment.

[fecmech]

Thanks guys.