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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1917538" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>There are a number of articles on this topic and it has been discussed at length on this forum before.</p><p></p><p>If you are running an Intel Mac:</p><p>mfpv's method (Post #4) of updating the operating system of a bootable CCC clone on an EHD using the Recovery Partition is how I was doing it on my old Intel MacBook Pro. Much faster than booting from the clone then updating from Software Update or creating a whole new clone using the Legacy Bootable Backup Assistant which necessitates erasing your SSD each time.</p><p></p><p>If you are running a Silicon Mac:</p><p>Without going into a lot of technical jargon to quote the Carbon Copy Cloner knowledge base,</p><h4>"An Apple Silicon Mac won't boot if the internal storage has failed."</h4><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://bombich.com/blog/2021/05/19/beyond-bootable-backups-adapting-recovery-strategies-evolving-platform[/URL]</p><p></p><p>What this means is there is little or no advantage in attempting to create a Bootable clone for SoC (Silicon Macs) so, "If you were making your backups bootable in case of hardware failure, then that's an extra logistical chore that you can now retire from your backup strategy."</p><p></p><p>Here is another good article on the authors findings creating a bootable clone on a M1 Mac.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://eclecticlight.co/2021/05/25/can-you-create-an-external-bootable-disk-by-cloning-an-m1-mac/[/URL]</p><p>His final words on the process were, "For the great majority of users, bootable clones are a thing of the past. If they play any role in your current workflows or recovery plans, you need to reconsider those in the light of their limitations."( <a href="https://eclecticlight.co/author/hoakley/" target="_blank">hoakley </a> <a href="https://eclecticlight.co/2021/05/25/can-you-create-an-external-bootable-disk-by-cloning-an-m1-mac/" target="_blank">May 25, 2021</a>)</p><p></p><p>Having said that, you can restore all of your <strong>user data </strong>to a new or erased device from a CCC 6 clone using Migration Assistant or simply Drag an Drop from your CCC external drive.</p><p></p><p>In addition you can now no longer roll back with the SoC, you can only roll back the Data volume, you cannot use local CCC snapshots to roll back the OS version, which used to be possible.</p><p></p><p>Which raises the old question, which is better? CCC (Super Duper if you prefer) or Time Machine (TM). Personally I have both. I don't fully trust TM and two backups are better than one. I have a Data only CCC clone on an external APFS formatted SSD and TM on a HFS+ formatted external HDD. I run TM daily and CCC weekly with Safety Net on.</p><p></p><p>Four years ago the internal (spinner) HDD in my wife's 2012 MBP died. Just a question mark on the startup screen on boot. We restarted with the option key held and booted from her CCC clone on a USB (HDD) EHD and although a little slow she was able to continue using her computer for the two weeks it took to get a new internal HD, an SSD this time. We installed it ourselves and using Disk Utility on the EHD formatted and mapped the new drive then using the clone as source and the new Macintosh HD as target copied the clone to the new internal HD. Complete success. </p><p>Sadly perhaps those days are just about gone as far as a backup strategy goes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1917538, member: 204485"] There are a number of articles on this topic and it has been discussed at length on this forum before. If you are running an Intel Mac: mfpv's method (Post #4) of updating the operating system of a bootable CCC clone on an EHD using the Recovery Partition is how I was doing it on my old Intel MacBook Pro. Much faster than booting from the clone then updating from Software Update or creating a whole new clone using the Legacy Bootable Backup Assistant which necessitates erasing your SSD each time. If you are running a Silicon Mac: Without going into a lot of technical jargon to quote the Carbon Copy Cloner knowledge base, [HEADING=3]"An Apple Silicon Mac won't boot if the internal storage has failed."[/HEADING] [URL unfurl="true"]https://bombich.com/blog/2021/05/19/beyond-bootable-backups-adapting-recovery-strategies-evolving-platform[/URL] What this means is there is little or no advantage in attempting to create a Bootable clone for SoC (Silicon Macs) so, "If you were making your backups bootable in case of hardware failure, then that's an extra logistical chore that you can now retire from your backup strategy." Here is another good article on the authors findings creating a bootable clone on a M1 Mac. [URL unfurl="true"]https://eclecticlight.co/2021/05/25/can-you-create-an-external-bootable-disk-by-cloning-an-m1-mac/[/URL] His final words on the process were, "For the great majority of users, bootable clones are a thing of the past. If they play any role in your current workflows or recovery plans, you need to reconsider those in the light of their limitations."( [URL='https://eclecticlight.co/author/hoakley/']hoakley [/URL] [URL='https://eclecticlight.co/2021/05/25/can-you-create-an-external-bootable-disk-by-cloning-an-m1-mac/']May 25, 2021[/URL]) Having said that, you can restore all of your [B]user data [/B]to a new or erased device from a CCC 6 clone using Migration Assistant or simply Drag an Drop from your CCC external drive. In addition you can now no longer roll back with the SoC, you can only roll back the Data volume, you cannot use local CCC snapshots to roll back the OS version, which used to be possible. Which raises the old question, which is better? CCC (Super Duper if you prefer) or Time Machine (TM). Personally I have both. I don't fully trust TM and two backups are better than one. I have a Data only CCC clone on an external APFS formatted SSD and TM on a HFS+ formatted external HDD. I run TM daily and CCC weekly with Safety Net on. Four years ago the internal (spinner) HDD in my wife's 2012 MBP died. Just a question mark on the startup screen on boot. We restarted with the option key held and booted from her CCC clone on a USB (HDD) EHD and although a little slow she was able to continue using her computer for the two weeks it took to get a new internal HD, an SSD this time. We installed it ourselves and using Disk Utility on the EHD formatted and mapped the new drive then using the clone as source and the new Macintosh HD as target copied the clone to the new internal HD. Complete success. Sadly perhaps those days are just about gone as far as a backup strategy goes. [/QUOTE]
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