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Bootable clone of macOS Sonoma drive

UPDATED 2025:

Citation: “To make a working clone on an external drive (to a different APFS volume), or to rebuild your main internal drive from scratch, you use either a bootable USB drive of a macOS installer, or install the OS from Recovery mode. When it gets to the end and asks if you have data to restore, you point it to your CCC backup. All of that gets merged in and you have an exact replica of your backup, which is also bootable.

It takes a bit more time this way than attempting a full clone, but it’s guaranteed to work”

Source: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255886342?sortBy=rank&page=3

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPUx0HJqa_8

Make sure to not forget the “Legacy Bootable Copy Assistant” (see video) …

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