MacMini 2012 - external start using SSD

Hello

I just bought an external SSD drive and has research on youtube on how to swap the disk for my macmini 2012 (currently for the mavericks with 16 GB of RAM), when I came across "boot from external USB.

I have a spare USB3 Icy Box so fine my interest (whatever it is to save the invasive surgery), but also a few questions I can't easily find answers. I was hoping that the community can help.

Assuming I have not to erase the current internal drive...

(1) if I boot from the external drive, SSD, can I back to the internal disk by disconnecting the external SSD drive, then set the startup options (either wielding Option keys when starting and selecting the drive where through 'System Preferences'-> 'Startup disk')?

(2) can read/write on the existing internal drive, giving me a double configuration HDD? There will be permission issues? Or I have to format it in a blank disc to be usable?

(3) if I do a clean install of Mavericks, can I then take the SSD drive and plug it into another mac (I have access to an early 2008 15 "MBP and a MacMini 2010...) all computers that run the mavericks to date) and then change the startup options? These 2 devices are USB2... performance will be worth "not"? I guess that all drivers for compatible Mac are already installed or do I have to reinstall?

(4) can I dual boot OS? In order to keep the internal player as the mavericks and the external SSD as El Capitan (I can always have my USB key with a picture of El Capitan)

Thanks in advance for any advice!

# 1 no problem. You can always boot of ways with the Option key to select the startup disk. If the boot found in System Preferences drive > boot drive is not present it will start to another bootable disk but it ill take longer to start.

#2 I had no problem writing to my old internal drive but I cloned that drive again SSD. I any event, you should be able to select this drive in the Finder and right-click and select read the information and then under sharing and permissions to change the permissions. You must click on the padlock at the bottom of the screen and enter an admin PW to make this change.

#3 Yes you can. It will be slow with USB too but not that bad. Try it.

#4 Yes, just use the startup key Option to choose which you want to start to.

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