I have downloaded Mountain Lion but wish to back it up first as I know it disappears if you install it first. It is too big for DVD (deliberate by Apple I wonder?). I have an 8 Gb memory stick but not sure how I can copy to it and make it bootable as well. Would a dual layer DVD work. Can anyone help please?
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
I now have Mountain Lion installed on a memory stick with bootable back up.
See for the easy way:
Hey that's good to hear Anthony, thanks for sharing that tid-bit.
Generally I try and use the built-in App's and Utilities for things that I only do once in awhile. That way I don't end up with a bunch of App's that never get used again.
While for other tasks like Cloning and Backup, I rely on Carbon Copy Cloner and have been using it for years.
I made bootable flash drives (thumb-drives) for Mountain Lion, Lion, & Snow Leopard. I am still a little old school and like having some sort of physical media for re-installing machines. (Snow Leopard is for my 1st gen Macbook Air)
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Carbon copy cloner sound good. I find with mine you can use it from the download folder and It may be years before I need it again....I hope!
Backing up Mountain Lion
