Bootable archive app for Mavericks and Mojave

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Bootable archive app for Mavericks and Mojave

I have a substantial amount of work on MBP 2012 - Mavericks and a MBP - 2018 Mojave machines - I need to archive them in that environment as some of the apps I have used also old. My ideal would be to take images of both in their entirety and load then onto separate suitable medium so that in future if I really need info from these systems I can use them. A possible way would be to load the OS+apps+data and have them as a bootable image on a separate drive so I can plug then into suitable hardware and run them. Having run more than one OS on a mac before I know this can be done but my question: Is there an app out there that would transfer all data, apps and os as an executable to a removable medium for easy use if required?

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Jan 18, 2026 6:14 AM

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D.I. Johnson

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Jan 18, 2026 6:21 AM in response to Crag_rat

You can use Carbon Copy Cloner from bombich to clone your old OS, apps and data to an external drive.

The clone will be bootable and functional on a vintage Mac that is capable of running the old OS.

Download Carbon Copy Cloner - bombich

You'll need to download the appropriate version of CCC for the Mac OS that you wish to run it on. I know CCC 5 is still available for your Mojave OS. Not sure if that version will work for Mavericks, but you can contact the developer to find out.

You might even partition the external drive so that both bootable clones can reside on that single device.

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MartinR

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Jan 18, 2026 7:25 AM in response to Niel

Niel wrote:

Use the Disk Utility's Image or Restore function or a product such as Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. Note that a disk image isn't directly bootable unless you're using the Server app.

Just for clarity, Disk Utility can create a disk image but it's not bootable. OTOH, CarbonCopyCloner can create bootable drives of Mavericks & Mojave drives in addition to disk images.

Replying to Crag_rat (the OP):

CCC is now in Version 7; you will need older versions to use with Mavericks & Mojave. The versions you need are still available but you will have to contact CCC support in order to get them:

Use CCC v. 4.1.24 for Mavericks
Use CCC v. 5.1.28 for Mojave

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Answer 3

Jan 18, 2026 7:26 AM in response to Crag_rat

For SuperDuper!, the current version requires at least High Sierra, but "Mavericks (10.9) users can download v3.1.1." (The link is far down in the right-hand-side column on the description page.)

Shirt Pocket – SuperDuper!

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Niel

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Jan 18, 2026 6:23 AM in response to Crag_rat

Use the Disk Utility's Image or Restore function or a product such as Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. Note that a disk image isn't directly bootable unless you're using the Server app.

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Answer 5

Jan 18, 2026 7:21 AM in response to Crag_rat

From the Carbon Copy Cloner download page :

"Unsupported Versions

CCC v4 is no longer supported, however if you have a license for CCC v4, v5, or v6, you may download CCC 4.1.24 for use on Mountain Lion (10.8) or Mavericks (10.9)."

Carbon Copy Cloner 5 requires at least Yosemite (10.10).

You may need to ask the vendor whether a Carbon Copy Cloner 7 license code will work for Carbon Copy Cloner 4. See "Can I download the old versions of CCC?" where they say "We do not sell licenses for older versions of CCC. To use CCC 5 or 6 please purchase a CCC 7 license. CCC 7 licenses can be used to register CCC 5 and CCC 6."

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