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Carbon copy Cloner can too with the same caveats.
A lot of people want a bootable clone with an updateable Macintosh HD as it was in the past. Sadly that is no longer possible, thanks to Apple.
If I wanted to create a bootable clone of my HD tomorrow I could do so long as I didn't mind erasing my current clone backup. Then should there be an update to macOS 11 next week I would have to either either repeat the above process or update each drive independently.
As far as I know it's exactly the same deal with Super Duper.
The catch with that, and I am not alone I discovered from Bombich, is that in some cases booting an updated device from an earlier version on a clone can cause damage to the macOS on the internal HD and in some cases render the clone unusable.
After being a victim I avoided this on subsequent updates by updating the clone first.
Just another pitfall to complicate the process.
A lot of people want a bootable clone with an updateable Macintosh HD as it was in the past. Sadly that is no longer possible, thanks to Apple.
If I wanted to create a bootable clone of my HD tomorrow I could do so long as I didn't mind erasing my current clone backup. Then should there be an update to macOS 11 next week I would have to either either repeat the above process or update each drive independently.
As far as I know it's exactly the same deal with Super Duper.
The catch with that, and I am not alone I discovered from Bombich, is that in some cases booting an updated device from an earlier version on a clone can cause damage to the macOS on the internal HD and in some cases render the clone unusable.
After being a victim I avoided this on subsequent updates by updating the clone first.
Just another pitfall to complicate the process.
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