Is it impossible to clone your internal ssd drive to external disc on M1 macbook pro? it shows an error when restoring to external disc. so this means it is no longer possible to create bootable clones in Disk Utility and Time Machine is the only built-in option for backup now?
You have never been able to use Disk Utility to RELIABLY make a bootable copy of MacOS. In recent versions of MacOS, the system volume is sealed with a cryptographic key, and cannot be replicated and work.
Install MacOS separately, then copy the 'ordinary' files you want to include.
Or use third-party Apps like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper!
You have never been able to use Disk Utility to RELIABLY make a bootable copy of MacOS. In recent versions of MacOS, the system volume is sealed with a cryptographic key, and cannot be replicated and work.
Install MacOS separately, then copy the 'ordinary' files you want to include.
Or use third-party Apps like CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper!
Yes, macOS is a vast improvement over OS X for many of us and later versions are quite different.
The base versions of CCC and SD! are free. If you want the bells and whistles the prices are quite low.
I've cloned with CCC and SD!; I prefer SD! to clone with.
I have always been able to use Disk Utility to RELIABLY make bootable clones of my drive, never had any problem doing so.. are you saying that MacOS is different from OSX? I'd rather not pay for a third party app to do this.. why wouldn't I just use Time Machine and double back-up any particular files I need easily accessible on external drive?
Cloning Macintosh HD
