The concept of image cloning on macOS is still a thing, and the included Disk Utility (or the asr command-line tool) can certainly be used to do it. But, as Jason suggests, file-based copies with the Finder (command-line equivalent: ditto) are perfectly adequate, more flexible and more intuitive for this job.
CCC and SD are available and are accessible, as is ChronoSync; I have all three utilities. All use asr for system cloning, but strongly encourage the use of data-only clones for system backup, which are file-oriented, because complete clones are complicated to get right on Apple Silicon and with modern macOS versions and can’t be made incrementally as they could in the past. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/46A98623-5A97-4E6B-B0C3-56FB1B721AFB%40me.com.
