Fair, not overpriced and not underestimated. There should be prices on the Service website. Necessarily! without asterisks, clear and detailed, where technically possible - as accurate and concise as possible.
If spare parts are available, up to 85% of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs require much less time. The website shows the approximate duration of any repair.
Warranty and responsibility
A guarantee must be given for any repairs. Everything is described on the website and in the documents. The guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and sufficient. It is needed to check quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that they will help you.
Half the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works directly with suppliers, there are always several reliable channels and your own warehouse with proven spare parts for current models, so you don’t have to waste extra time.
Free diagnostics
This is very important and has already become a rule of good manners for the service center. Diagnostics is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you don't have to pay a penny for it, even if you don't repair the device based on its results.
Service repairs and delivery
A good service values your time, so it offers free delivery. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of a service center: they can be done correctly and according to technology only in a prepared place.
Convenient schedule
If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient to fit in before and after work. Good service works on weekends and holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00
The reputation of professionals consists of several points
Company age and experience
Reliable and experienced service has been known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years and has managed to establish itself as an expert, people turn to it, write about it, and recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the service center are restored.
Other service centers trust us and refer complex cases to us.
How many masters in areas
If there are always several engineers waiting for you for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken care of right away.
2. you give your Macbook for repair to an expert in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices
Technical literacy
If you ask a question, a specialist should answer it as accurately as possible.
So that you can imagine what exactly you need.
They will try to solve the problem. In most cases, from the description you can understand what happened and how to fix the problem.
In order not to lose your dear Mac OS X settings configuration and a set of installed and correctly configured programs, you need to make backup copies of your operating system from time to time.
Despite the reliability and stability, MAC OS X may still “fall” due to incorrect user actions. And at the most inopportune moment. But no one wants to lose their personal, so dear to their hearts configuration of settings and a set of installed and correctly configured programs...
To avoid ending up in this situation, it is imperative to make backup copies of your operating system from time to time.
Unlike the numerous difficulties and prohibitions associated with cloning living beings, no one bothers you to create an exact copy of your Mac OS X on another piece of hardware.
Cloning animals is difficult, time-consuming and illegal, but operating systems are simple, fast and, in a sense, even mandatory
So, let's create our “apple” sheep Dolly.
Time Machine
There are many ways. The first option for backing up your system is built into MAC OS X itself, starting with version 10.5 and later. This is Time Machine.
Time Machine automatically backs up your system and all important files to an external hard drive and must “go back in time” to restore system files to their original state at the time you need it. If you enable Time Machine in System Preferences, it will offer to create “backups” (spare copies) and ask for a directory to save them.
But Time Machine has a couple of drawbacks. The first of them is that it eats up disk space very quickly. Although not completely. After the first backup is created, Time Machine continues to save only the changed files.
The second problem is that automatic copying interferes with normal operation, starting on its own.
To at least somehow level this out, let’s turn to an additional application that allows you to configure Time Machine itself.
This is TimeMachineEditor. You can download it. TimeMachineEditor will allow you to more flexibly customize the schedule of your procedures. For example, hourly on Mondays, daily after work, and so on.
Using this utility, we increase the intervals of “time jumps”, “curbing the appetite” of Time Machine itself, and adjust its backup sessions to a schedule convenient for us.
Thus, Time Machine has the ability to backup your system during various failures and “roll back” back, but it is cumbersome and not very convenient for this purpose. Including the “backup” disk is not bootable and requires starting from the Mac Os X installation disk to restore.
Disk Utility
Another way to “grow” your “clone sheep” is to use a standard disk utility. By default, it is located in the Applications/Utilites folder.
We launch this application and select the name of your system drive in the menu on the left, for example, X. Now drag the icon of your startup disk (X) into the “Source” line window, and drag the disk icon into the “Destination” line. which will save your clone, for example, Backup. This can be an external FireWire or USB drive, as well as an internal hard drive or a flash drive of sufficient capacity.
If you need to pre-format this directory, switch to Erase. For external media, the format does not matter (as a rule, it is Mac OS Extended Journaled), and for a hard drive on a Mac with an Intel processor, it is preferable to select “GUID Partition Table”.
Now click “Restore” and enter your password. Go.
After some time, another “Dolly the Sheep” will appear - an absolute copy of your system disk.
Now, if your Mac OS X crashes fatally, and no “cure” will help, you can repeat this procedure in reverse, replacing the damaged system with your saved copy.
To do this, you need to “start” from the backup system itself: turn on your Mac while holding down the option key, then select the disk with the ready-made clone as bootable (in our example, Backup) and perform the recovery procedure in reverse order.
But before you do this, you must definitely try to “cure” the damaged system with the same “Disk Utility”.
Select the “damaged” disk in the left menu (in our example it is X and in the “First Aid” section do the following procedures: “Verify Disk Permission” and, if necessary, do “Restore access rights” ( Repair Disk Permission) and, accordingly, “Verify Disk” - “Repair Disk”.
The familiar OnyX program can also provide irreplaceable help here.
Despite the ease of cloning using Disk Utility, this method has one drawback. Absolutely all information, without exception, is copied. What if we are talking about a small spare disk, or even a flash drive? The files may simply not fit on them.
What is the choice?
There are many options for cloning your Dolly the Sheep. Up to using the command line according to instructions from Apple itself. “Mere mortals” may find other utilities more accessible, such as SuperDuper!, Clone X, Tri-BACKUP or MacTuneUp. In my opinion, the most advanced among them, convenient and at the same time absolutely free, is called Carbon Copy Cloner.
Carbon Copy Cloner is produced by Bombich Software. You can download it. Voluntary donations to developers (Donate) are welcome.
Mike Bombich, the creator of this wonderful program, in an interview with a popular American site, especially noted the “highlights” of his brainchild: the speed of the cloning process, the ability to selectively transfer data and additional protection against accidental actions in the form of a special list of all possible candidate disks with a request their ID (Unique Identifier).
Carbon Copy Cloner allows you to create a full or partial clone of your system, moving it to another disk or saving it as a .dmg (disk image). The latest versions of Carbon Copy Cloner, aimed at the Snow Leopard system, support compression in the HFS+ file system, displaying the sizes of folders and drives in the decimal system has become noticeably more convenient, copying speed has increased, and Time Machine databases are ignored if they have already been created.
Carbon Copy Cloner can be very useful when upgrading a system disk and replacing it with a more capacious one. It is enough to transfer the previously rejected system to a new disk.
Before you start creating a backup copy of your system, it would be a good idea to first clean out all the “garbage” that has accumulated on the system using the OnyX utility and put it in order.
Install Carbon Copy Cloner and launch it. If necessary during operation, enter your usual password and unlock the “lock” at the bottom left.
At the top left in the Source Disk menu, select the one from which your system will be cloned (in our example, this is drive X).
At the top right Target Disk, select the one on which the “twin” of your MAC OS X will be saved. (In our case, X2. It is important to note that this utility has the ability to record the system in .dmg format and even to a remote computer over the network.
Now let's take a look at another feature of Carbon Copy Cloner: create special filters that allow you to exclude some files from the clone based on their extension, for example .mkv or .avi, and then movies of this format will not be cloned. This will help save space.
In order not to complicate your life, let's try to manually do some preliminary procedures to make the spare system easier and speed up the cloning process.
It is not necessary to save your entire media library to a system backup: digital photos, music, films, supporting documentation, and so on. And also work files that can weigh more than one gigabyte. You can also refuse "heavy programs" if there is not enough space on the backup disk.
Find Items to be copied in the left window and look carefully, unchecking some of the checkboxes next to unnecessary files. If they are not stored haphazardly on your disk, then most likely they will be in the Users/macuser (your username) directories. For example, in this configuration we disable the Calibrie Library and the books it contains. After all, they are already recorded on a separate DVD.
Then in the section on the right Cloning options (Clone mode) select Incremental backups of selected items (incremental “backup” of selected items) this dynamic mode will allow you to transfer only the changed data the next time you update the version of the spare system. The checkbox below Delete items that don’t exist on the source in synchronization mode will not “take with you” old programs and other files that you have not used for a long time.
Protect root-level items on the target will keep you in superuser mode if you are one. And finally, Archive modified and deleted items will allow you to create a separate archive of modified and deleted files. In my opinion, it is better to disable this so as not to waste time.
If Carbon Copy Cloner “gives the go-ahead” - This volume will be bootable, - which means there is enough space on the spare disk or flash drive, and this volume will become bootable, you can start.
Any presets you've made will be saved if you click Save Task if you're planning to clone your drive on a specific schedule, like Time Machine. But this is hardly useful for creating a backup Mac OS X.
Click Clone.
How many files are stored on your system drive? It turns out tens of thousands. so the process may take some time: from fifteen minutes to an hour or two. It depends on the amount of information.
And so it ended. Now we have two “Dolly sheep” - mirrored Mac OS X. And you can be sure that you will not be left with nothing at the most inopportune moment.
There are many ways. The first option for backing up your system is built into MAC OS X itself, starting with version 10.5 and later. This is Time Machine.
Time Machine automatically backs up your system and all important files to an external hard drive and must “go back in time” to restore system files to their original state at the time you need it. If you enable Time Machine in System Preferences, it will offer to create “backups” (spare copies) and ask for a directory to save them.
But Time Machine has a couple of drawbacks. The first of them is that it eats up disk space very quickly. Although not completely. After the first backup is created, Time Machine continues to save only the changed files.
The second problem is that automatic copying interferes with normal operation, starting on its own.
To at least somehow level this out, let’s turn to an additional application that allows you to configure Time Machine itself.
This is TimeMachineEditor. You can download it. TimeMachineEditor will allow you to more flexibly customize the schedule of your procedures. For example, hourly on Mondays, daily after work, and so on.
Using this utility, we increase the intervals of “time jumps”, “curbing the appetite” of Time Machine itself, and adjust its backup sessions to a schedule convenient for us.
Thus, Time Machine has the ability to backup your system during various failures and “roll back” back, but it is cumbersome and not very convenient for this purpose. Including the “backup” disk is not bootable and requires starting from the Mac Os X installation disk to restore.
Disk Utility
Another way to “grow” your “clone sheep” is to use a standard disk utility. By default, it is located in the Applications/Utilites folder.
We launch this application and select the name of your system drive in the menu on the left, for example, X. Now drag the icon of your startup disk (X) into the “Source” line window, and drag the disk icon into the “Destination” line. which will save your clone, for example, Backup. This can be an external FireWire or USB drive, as well as an internal hard drive or a flash drive of sufficient capacity.
If you need to pre-format this directory, switch to Erase. For external media, the format does not matter (as a rule, it is Mac OS Extended Journaled), and for a hard drive on a Mac with an Intel processor, it is preferable to select “GUID Partition Table”.
Now click “Restore” and enter your password. Go.
After some time, another “Dolly the Sheep” will appear - an absolute copy of your system disk.
Now, if your Mac OS X crashes fatally, and no “cure” will help, you can repeat this procedure in reverse, replacing the damaged system with your saved copy.
To do this, you need to “start” from the backup system itself: turn on your Mac while holding down the option key, then select the disk with the ready-made clone as bootable (in our example, Backup) and perform the recovery procedure in reverse order.
But before you do this, you must definitely try to “cure” the damaged system with the same “Disk Utility”.
Select the “damaged” disk in the left menu (in our example it is X and in the “First Aid” section do the following procedures: “Verify Disk Permission” and, if necessary, do “Restore access rights” ( Repair Disk Permission) and, accordingly, “Verify Disk” - “Repair Disk”.
The familiar OnyX program can also provide irreplaceable help here.
Despite the ease of cloning using Disk Utility, this method has one drawback. Absolutely all information, without exception, is copied. What if we are talking about a small spare disk, or even a flash drive? The files may simply not fit on them.
What is the choice?
There are many options for cloning your Dolly the Sheep. Up to using the command line according to instructions from Apple itself. “Mere mortals” may find other utilities more accessible, such as SuperDuper!, Clone X, Tri-BACKUP or MacTuneUp. In my opinion, the most advanced among them, convenient and at the same time absolutely free, is called Carbon Copy Cloner.
Carbon Copy Cloner
Carbon Copy Cloner is produced by Bombich Software. You can download it. Voluntary donations to developers (Donate) are welcome.
Mike Bombich, the creator of this wonderful program, in an interview with a popular American site, especially noted the “highlights” of his brainchild: the speed of the cloning process, the ability to selectively transfer data and additional protection against accidental actions in the form of a special list of all possible candidate disks with a request their ID (Unique Identifier).
Carbon Copy Cloner allows you to create a full or partial clone of your system, moving it to another disk or saving it as a .dmg (disk image). The latest versions of Carbon Copy Cloner, aimed at the Snow Leopard system, support compression in the HFS+ file system, displaying the sizes of folders and drives in the decimal system has become noticeably more convenient, copying speed has increased, and Time Machine databases are ignored if they have already been created.
Carbon Copy Cloner can be very useful when upgrading a system disk and replacing it with a more capacious one. It is enough to transfer the previously rejected system to a new disk.
Before you start creating a backup copy of your system, it would be a good idea to first clean out all the “garbage” that has accumulated on the system using the OnyX utility and put it in order.
Install Carbon Copy Cloner and launch it. If necessary during operation, enter your usual password and unlock the “lock” at the bottom left.
At the top left in the Source Disk menu, select the one from which your system will be cloned (in our example, this is drive X).
At the top right Target Disk, select the one on which the “twin” of your MAC OS X will be saved. (In our case, X2. It is important to note that this utility has the ability to record the system in .dmg format and even to a remote computer over the network.
Now let's take a look at another feature of Carbon Copy Cloner: create special filters that allow you to exclude some files from the clone based on their extension, for example .mkv or .avi, and then movies of this format will not be cloned. This will help save space.
In order not to complicate your life, let's try to manually do some preliminary procedures to make the spare system easier and speed up the cloning process.
It is not necessary to save your entire media library to a system backup: digital photos, music, films, supporting documentation, and so on. And also work files that can weigh more than one gigabyte. You can also refuse "heavy programs" if there is not enough space on the backup disk.
Find Items to be copied in the left window and look carefully, unchecking some of the checkboxes next to unnecessary files. If they are not stored haphazardly on your disk, then most likely they will be in the Users/macuser (your username) directories. For example, in this configuration we disable the Calibrie Library and the books it contains. After all, they are already recorded on a separate DVD.
Then in the section on the right Cloning options (Clone mode) select Incremental backups of selected items (incremental “backup” of selected items) this dynamic mode will allow you to transfer only the changed data the next time you update the version of the spare system. The checkbox below Delete items that don’t exist on the source in synchronization mode will not “take with you” old programs and other files that you have not used for a long time.
Protect root-level items on the target will keep you in superuser mode if you are one. And finally, Archive modified and deleted items will allow you to create a separate archive of modified and deleted files. In my opinion, it is better to disable this so as not to waste time.
If Carbon Copy Cloner “gives the go-ahead” - This volume will be bootable, which means there is enough space on the spare disk or flash drive, and this volume will become bootable, you can start.
Any presets you've made will be saved if you click Save Task if you're planning to clone your drive on a specific schedule, like Time Machine. But this is hardly useful for creating a backup Mac OS X.
Click Clone.
How many files are stored on your system drive? It turns out tens of thousands. so the process may take some time: from fifteen minutes to an hour or two. It depends on the amount of information.
Super Duper!
Despite the name, this is perhaps one of the most convenient and popular backup programs created for the Mac OS X platform. The main purpose of the program is to create copies of files in order to quickly restore the system in case of an emergency. The program can create archives of various kinds, up to backup boot images of the system. Switchers from the PC world, accustomed to software like Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image, etc., purchase and install SuperDuper! will receive an almost equivalent replacement for these utilities. Super Duper! - this is too much if you just want to backup your email correspondence, but if you are used to regularly backing up and are serious about the safety of your data, this is perhaps one of the most convenient and simple options.
The functionality of SuperDuper does not cause any fundamental complaints. The main advantage of the program is the ability to create a correct archive image of the entire operating system, which can be easily deployed on a hard drive using the standard Disk Utility included in Mac OS X.
The program will save a lot of time for those who have to deal not with one home computer, but with a whole fleet of machines. Deploying an image in a short time on several computers is definitely more convenient than taking a long time to install the system and configure it on each machine separately.
SuperDuper can create both full and incremental archives, works with editable scripts, can repair permission itself before copying, automatically erase the contents of the destination disk, save settings in a separate file, and much more.
The program interface is simple and will not raise any questions even for an untrained user. Which, however, is typical for most software for Mac. In total, the program offers you four copying options. First, Backup all files: if you are going to create a bootable and correct clone of your system, this is the option you need. An extremely simple and transparent operation for any user. Just specify the partition intended for archiving, the destination disk and click the Copy Now button. The program will require you to enter the administrator password before starting copying. If you do not want to limit yourself to simple copying, but prefer to create an archive image of the system, select “to” in the column instead of the proposed existing partitions Disk image. The program itself will prompt you to select a partition to save the image file, its type and degree of compression.
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The second copying option that the program offers us is Sandbox - shared users and applications, and it differs from the first one in that when copying, the program will skip all user files and software from third-party developers, duplicating only the system itself and standard Apple applications. If for some reason this does not suit you, then there is a third option - “Sandox-shared users”, in which SuperDuper will copy the system with all installed programs, but, as in the first case, without the user files.
But the program's capabilities do not end there, and if you want to make your own adjustments to the copying process, select the option - New Copy Script.
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By choosing this option, you yourself will determine how exactly the copying process will be carried out, which files and directories will be saved in the backup copy. However, it should be noted that this option is not suitable for a novice user. Before you start copying, you can select additional options that the program offers. Both options for action before the start of copying and after it is completed.
For example, by specifying “Copy Newer Files” in the settings, you will select the incremental copy option, in which the program will add to the existing archive only those files that were created or modified after the last save. By selecting Erase then copy files, you will first clear the destination disk on which you are going to duplicate your information.
If you made a direct copy to another partition or external drive, then after SuperDuper is finished working, you can boot from the system clone you created Restart from (archive name) or make this partition the main one - Set as Startup Disk. You can simply choose to end the program or automatically turn off the computer itself when it finishes running.
But the sun also has spots, and despite the rich possibilities offered by the program, it is worth paying attention to a couple of disadvantages. The program, unlike its PC counterparts, does not provide the user with the opportunity to make a system image by booting from a regular CD, or, conversely, to restore it in the same way. And if the first cannot be called a serious miscalculation, then the second creates certain inconveniences in the case when you have to deal with an already inoperable system.
In addition, the program does not have a Restore function at all. Of course, for recovery you can use the same copy, selecting the archived system image as the source, and the hard drive partition as the destination disk. Or, even easier, use the standard Disk Utility for this. But in any case, to restore the user will have to boot from an external drive with an already working operating system or another partition. There is also no scheduled backup option. However, despite these annoying omissions, the program is simple, reliable and fully performs all the tasks assigned to it.
Redo Backup
This is a LiveCD software. Which is very good, since it boots from a CD. Knows all Mac OS X file systems, including the new 10.8.3 recovery partitions. After booting from the disk, you can create a bootable USB flash drive by selecting Settings -> Create Bootable USB, which is also a good thing. That is, this software can create a complete image of an OS X disk and can save it either to a locally connected USB drive, a flash drive (if there is enough space on it), or even to the network and FTP. He made an archive on ftp, but refused to make a backup on an external USB drive to which TimeMichine was configured, saying that the file system was read-only, and he couldn’t write to HFS+.
Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 Server
Here's our winner! As always on top!!! I calmly read all the sections of Mac OS X 10.8.3 and just as calmly wrote everything onto an external USB drive with the HFS+ file system, which I also use for TimeMachine :)
After creating a backup, a folder with the name I set for the backup was created on the external drive, but it was impossible to open it in MacOS, since there were no rights, which is also a problem, since even by accident it would be very difficult to erase it.
P.S. I also learned about Stellar Drive Clone http://www.stellarclonedrive.com/ but I couldn’t find it in the public domain anywhere to test it
Once a week I create a bootable clone of a macOS disk. This is part of my backup system.
Once while living in Asia, I decided to update my MacBook Air to a new version of macOS, but the system crashed. I couldn't download the new installer, nor could I restore from Time Machine. I didn't have a clone. As a result, I revived the laptop for 20 hours, instead of 20 minutes.
Why clone a disk?
A boot clone is an exact copy of your primary drive on a different physical drive. The clone will save you in emergency situations:
- the computer broke down and had to be repaired;
- Mac stopped booting after macOS update;
- you lost your computer or it was stolen.
A clone allows you to avoid situations where your work is paralyzed due to a broken computer. To continue working, just recover from it, or boot into any other Mac.
If the problems with the computer are not hardware, but software, then recovery to the main disk will take 15-20 minutes.
A clone is a must-have for Hackintosh owners. I once recovered from a clone four times in one day when I was experimenting with FileVault and couldn't boot from the main drive. I can’t even imagine what I would do without him.
Disk cloning programs
You won't be able to make a bootable clone using standard macOS tools. For this you need third-party software. Currently heard:
- Carbon Copy Cloner: $39.99
- SuperDuper: $27.95
- Get Backup Pro: on Setapp / $20 one-time fee
- ChronoSync: $49.99
I used ChronoSync for about a year, tried using SuperDuper, but in the end I bought a license for CCC.
Each program has its own advantages. Get Backup Pro is suitable for those who use the Setapp service. ChronoSync can synchronize multiple computers with each other. SuperDuper is free if you don't need automation and are willing to run the clone manually.
Carbon Copy Cloner
SSS can be set up in 10 seconds. You need to choose what to clone, where to clone and when to clone. Then you can delve into all sorts of subtleties, but they are not necessary. Showing:
I show you how to set up CCCCreating a cold clone
Cloning is really fast. The first clone of a 150 GB drive takes 18 minutes. Of course, we are talking about SSDs. With mechanical disks, cloning took about 40 minutes, so I quickly abandoned such a disk.
The time it takes to create the first clone depends on the speed of the drive Restoring from a clone
Interestingly, restoring a 180 GB clone to the main disk takes the same 18 minutes. The coolest thing is that while the restoration is underway, you can continue to work in the clone. So this time flies by.
18-20 minutes and the system is restored There is no need to recover often. It is enough to download the clone, go to the main disk and undo all the actions that “broke” its loading. But this applies more to a Hackintosh than a regular Mac.
Clone update
The update speed depends on the amount of information that has changed since the last clone. Usually in a week I accumulate 15-30 GB and it takes 4-10 minutes to update.
CCC clone updates automatically in the background At the time of update, my i7-8700 is loaded at 10-15%. A similar processor is found in the new Mac mini. During a clone, almost all the load falls on one core, so on the MacBook Pro of recent years you are unlikely to feel any slowdowns.
During clone, CPU load is 15% Internal snapshots
By default, CCC includes internal snapshots that store changed or deleted files since the last clone. The function is called SafetyNet, and these snapshots are stored in the root of the disk, in the folder _CCC SafetyNet. It's like a backup within a backup.
To put it simply, in the folder _CCC SafetyNet there are files of previous clones that were “overwritten” by the last clone. And these files will be stored as long as there is space on the disk. Then SSS will begin to delete them.
I disabled snapshots I make local backups using Time Machine, and to the cloud via Arq. Therefore, I disabled snapshots in CCC.
Which drive is better to clone to?
As I said above, you will need a separate disk for the clone. On a MacBook with USB-c you have to connect it every time through an adapter or some kind of dock. The design is flimsy, uncomfortable and constantly coming off.
USB-C is not reliable and tends to fall out all the time
It's easier for me. I just put another SSD into the Hackintosh, which I use to make a clone. This allowed me to forget about connecting external drives once and for all.
In Hackintosh I installed a separate disk for the clone iMac owners can attach a small Velcro disk to the back. Or place the disk so that the cable does not accidentally fall out of it.
It is more convenient for MacBook owners to find an external drive directly with USB-C, like the Samsung T5. If you already have a disk, then you can simply buy an adapter cable from Micro-B to USB-C. You can also use network storage, like WD My Cloud Home, split this disk into partitions and make a clone of one of them.
⚡ Micro-B to USB-C adapter: Aliexpress
Clone Security
Even if you use FileVault encryption on the primary drive, the clone will still remain unprotected. All your personal data on such a drive will be publicly available, which is not safe.
The solution to the problem is simple, but not obvious - boot from a clone and turn on FileVault encryption again. After which the clone will become encrypted like the original disk. This will not affect the cloning process in any way.
Another alternative is to format the disk to “encrypted APFS” before cloning. In this case, when loading, you will first have to enter the password for the disk, and then for the account. Not as elegant, but saves time re-encrypting FileVault.
How to recover from a clone
To boot from a clone, you need to connect the disk to the computer and hold down the Option key while booting.
The system will boot in normal mode, but CCC will automatically start and immediately offer to restore information from the clone to the original disk. It's up to you to decide what to do next.
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He talked about his bulletproof Mac backup system. The trick is that the data always exists in at least three current copies.
Vlad Gorokhovsky Mac OS World
Greetings, dear friends! In this article, I will tell you how to clone Mac OS from one drive to another. This is necessary so that when changing a disk, for example to a larger disk, you do not have to reinstall the system, all settings, passwords, browser tabs, and so on, but simply transfer everything at once and continue working. This can also be useful if you want to switch from HDD to SSD or vice versa, from SSD to HDD.
The first thing to do is connect the drive to which we are going to transfer the system. You can do this in several ways:
- Install a second disk instead of an optical drive, since every day an optical drive is becoming less popular in the modern world of flash drives;
- Connect it to the docking station via USB.
After we have connected the drive, we need to select a method for transferring data. This can be done using the built-in Recovery utility, but I personally had problems with this method because the second disk was smaller. The second way is using the Carbon Copy Cloner application.
If you are transferring Mac OS to a larger disk, then use Recovery mode, there should be no problems.
Recovery Mode
As I said earlier, this is the easiest way because you don’t need to install any third-party software. After you have connected the second drive to your computer, you need to turn it off and hold down the key combination "Command (⌘) - R" turn on.
- After downloading, you must select “Disk Utility”;
- Click on the new drive that we recently installed and to which we want to transfer Mac Os;
- Select the item in the top horizontal menu "Restore";
- In the window that opens, indicate the drive on which the system is currently installed, that is, your main drive and click "Restore.
The disk cloning process will begin; you just have to be patient, because this process is not fast.
Carbon Copy Cloner
As I wrote earlier, such cases arise, for absolutely unknown reasons, that it is not possible to transfer Mac OS through Recovery mode, then third-party software comes to our aid. I used Carbon Copy Cloner. The link leads to the manufacturer’s website, where you can download the program with free use for 30 days.
The program has a bunch of different settings, but the only thing we need to do is in the program window that opens:
- In the SOURCE field, select the disk on which we have Mac OS installed, be sure to check that the item below is selected - Copy All Files;
- In the DESTINATION field, select the disk to which we want to transfer the system;
- Click the Clone button.
Again, be patient. The procedure is not quick, because the disks from which the system is transferred are mostly old and slow, and the volume of files is not small.
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