{"id":1706,"date":"2022-02-10T14:45:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2022-02-10T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:45:39","slug":"how-to-make-a-bootable-clone-of-your-macs-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/?p=1706","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Bootable Clone of Your Mac\u2019s Hard Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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There are a lot of reasons for wanting to boot from an external drive. If you\u2019d like to keep files synced between a desktop and laptop, expand your storage, or have a bootable backup copy of your system, there\u2019s a hidden feature in Disk Utility that makes it easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, booting from an external drive will be slower, even with new Thunderbolt and USB-C drives. Those are still much slower than the solid state drives (SSDs) found in most new Macs. So while this isn\u2019t recommended for daily use, it\u2019s still possible.https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/core\/bridge3.496.0_en.html#goog_1199320800 seconds of 30 secondsVolume 0% <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straight from Disk Utility, No Third Party Apps Required<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fire up Disk Utility from Spotlight (Command+Space) or the Utilities folder in your applications. You\u2019ll be greeted with a list of all of your volumes, including your internal hard drive (probably called OS X or Macintosh HD) and your external hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s where we get to that hidden feature we mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cRestore\u201d button in Disk Utility will copy the files from a backup to your main drive. It\u2019s intended to be used from Recovery mode to restore your hard drive after a failure.ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, if you choose your external drive as the restore target, you can flip that action around and copy files from your main drive to the backup. Select your external drive in the sidebar, click \u201cRestore\u201d in the menu, and then select your main drive as the \u201cRestore From\u201d option. You can also choose an ISO image, but that doesn\u2019t have much use here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click \u201cRestore,\u201d and Disk Utility will start the copying process. This can take fairly long, depending on the speed of your external drive and its connection to your Mac, so it\u2019s best to have a fast hard drive with Thunderbolt, USB-C, or USB 3.0 connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s it! When Disk Utility is done, you can shut down your Mac and hold down Option when booting it back up. This brings up the boot switcher and lets you boot from the external hard drive. You can use your Mac as normal, but keep in mind that it\u2019s separate from the installation on your main internal hard drive. Any settings you change or files you save there won\u2019t be reflected on your primary installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can do the same process in reverse if you need to copy the files back over, or restore the backup should your computer decide to break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/399058\/how-to-make-a-bootable-clone-of-your-macs-hard-drive\/ There are a lot of reasons for wanting to boot from an external drive. If you\u2019d like to keep files synced between a desktop and laptop, expand your storage, or have a bootable backup copy of your system, there\u2019s a hidden feature in Disk Utility that makes it easy. Generally, booting from an external […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1707,"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laserphotonics.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}