Cloning an APFS Drive

Hey people, how can i clone my MacBookPro Monterey SSD to an external one? I have tried with varius Apps and Programms, but i allways got an error message in the end. Apps like Carbon cloner or SuperDuper, even with Disk Utility. These Apps don t allow an external SSD to be created as bootable caused by Apples restrictions. The procedure done by Terminal (as i read) is very complicated for me. Any help? I got an Intel MacBookPro 2019 running Monterey Ver12.4. Thanks

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Posted on Jul 10, 2022 2:55 AM

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Posted on Jul 11, 2022 2:55 AM

Does my CCC backup have to be bootable for me to restore data from it?

No, in fact we no longer recommend that you attempt to make your backup bootable. Bootability is a convenience that allows you to continue working if your startup disk fails, but it is not required for restoring data from a CCC backup. You can restore individual folders and older versions of files (i.e. from snapshots) using CCC while booted from your production startup disk. CCC backups are also compatible with Migration Assistant, so you can use Migration Assistant to restore all of your data to a clean installation of macOS (e.g. on a replacement disk).

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