
No posts or comments relating to buying, selling, trading, giveaways or asking for advice about any of those topics.No content related to piracy or illegal activities.Before posting, read the detailed rules here. Self-promotion is allowed on Sundays only, strictly reserved for app developers and must be in the form of a self-post. We may approve your post if it is a high-level issue that can't be found through searches, or if it affects a large amount of people. No support questions outside of the Daily Advice Thread.No posts that aren’t directly related to Apple or the Apple eco-system.No rude, offensive, or hateful comments.No editorialized link titles (use the original source's title if applicable).Posts must foster reasonable discussion.No memes, direct images or contextless image/video posts.If you have a tech or buying/selling-related question, please check out our Daily Advice Thread or r/AppleHelp! CommunityĪ more in-depth version of the rules can be found here This is the hard drive you want to save the backup image to.Ĭlick Restore and you’ll end up with a perfect copy of your hard drive.Welcome to r/Apple, the unofficial community for Apple news, rumors, and discussions. After you have a source, select the Destination. This is the hard drive you want to clone and/or backup. When Disk Utility opens, you’ll want to select your source. When the menu bar appears, select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Don’t worry: You’re not installing Mac OS X again - this is just what you have to do to get to Disk Utility. To do this, insert the CD or DVD into your Mac, and hold down the C key while your Mac restarts. Start up from the Mac OS X disk that came with your Mac. Here’s how to use Disk Utility to clone and backup your hard drive: We’re talking about Disk Utility ( User > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.app ) It’s free, easy-to-use, and it does the job right. You can use Apple’s own software that comes free with your Mac! Sure, both of these applications are great programs, but they aren’t necessary. When you need to clone your drive, or simply do a full backup, someone usually tells you to use Carbon Copy Cloner (Donation Recommended) or SuperDuper! ($27.95). How to Clone and Backup Your Hard Drive.

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