After another call to Apple I have now got my new computer up and running with all my data (I think) Thank yyou for all your comments. Big Sur is quite a change from Catalina. Thanks for your comments.
On Wednesday, 3 March 2021 at 12:53:16 UTC Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > CCC can copy the read-only system volume, it just can’t update it on the > next scheduled clone. > > If you’re only cloning the once it’s fine as CCC will ask to erase the > target partition. I do this regularly when upgrading client storage. > > *_* > > Regards > Sam Mullen > > +44 (0)7747778022 <//+447747778022> > [email protected] > www.macambulance.com > [image: MacAmbulance] MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC > Support and Web Development > > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and > delete the email immediately. > > On 3 Mar 2021, at 12:45, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > I may have misunderstood but Big Sur requires APFS formatted storage to > run an OS from. Carbon Copy Cloner isn’t able to copy the OS volume so > wouldn’t have been saved from the Mac Pro. Sam is correct in that you would > need to reinstall Big Sur via Internet Recovery and then you could either > recover your user spaces/data using CCC or better but slower using the > Migration Assistant. > You can download Big Sur from the App Store and install it on an external > device which you can boot from. And then CCC can be used to backup data > only. It will not backup any changes to the OS and Bombich has a blog post > explaining all this quite clearly. The external drive is bootable - I know > as I’ve done it on my M1 Mac mini (and that has additional complications at > present that it is only bootable from a drive connected to a Thunderbolt > port.). I posted a Tidbits article about the needs to rethink backup > strategy to the group recently because of all the changes. > > -- > Tony Crooks > [email protected] > +44 7428 706227 <+44%207428%20706227> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/CAHkKbUAVicyZ1sJ1YcwtXjQp2S9DhuzC3x9TdWsk4gZ2NTTQgA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/CAHkKbUAVicyZ1sJ1YcwtXjQp2S9DhuzC3x9TdWsk4gZ2NTTQgA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/4ec3489e-eeac-4ab6-8546-0737dbee302an%40googlegroups.com.
