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<blockquote data-quote="unzipper12" data-source="post: 1769611" data-attributes="member: 395573">I currently have Google Drive as my cloud service, and am using Mac OS Sierra and was wondering what the best or safest way to upload a Carbon Copy Clone of my hard drive is. I currently have used Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable clone of my hard drive, which created a Folder on my EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE that is supposed to be bootable. Then, I used Apple's Disk Utility application to make a .dmg file, as well as using 7zip to create a compressed .7z file (both methods on same folder just to be safe). I uploaded both to the web. I am wondering if compression or using .dmg would ruin the Carbon Copy Clone, which resides in a folder in my hard drive. In other words, if in the future I want to boot from the Clone Folder, would it be possible for me to uncompress the .7z file and/or open the .dmg file and be able to boot from it after placing the extracted folder onto an External Hard Drive? Would the .dmg-ing or compressing (.7z) of the Carbon Copy Clone Folder ruin anything? Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="unzipper12, post: 1769611, member: 395573"] I currently have Google Drive as my cloud service, and am using Mac OS Sierra and was wondering what the best or safest way to upload a Carbon Copy Clone of my hard drive is. I currently have used Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable clone of my hard drive, which created a Folder on my EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE that is supposed to be bootable. Then, I used Apple's Disk Utility application to make a .dmg file, as well as using 7zip to create a compressed .7z file (both methods on same folder just to be safe). I uploaded both to the web. I am wondering if compression or using .dmg would ruin the Carbon Copy Clone, which resides in a folder in my hard drive. In other words, if in the future I want to boot from the Clone Folder, would it be possible for me to uncompress the .7z file and/or open the .dmg file and be able to boot from it after placing the extracted folder onto an External Hard Drive? Would the .dmg-ing or compressing (.7z) of the Carbon Copy Clone Folder ruin anything? Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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