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Using macOS Disk Utility:
First, connect your external drive and launch Disk Utility from Applications > Utilities. Select your internal drive, click Edit > Restore, then choose your external drive as the destination. This creates an exact, bootable copy - just remember it might take a while for large drives.
For better control:
Grab Carbon Copy Cloner (bombich.com) for more options. After installing, simply pick your Mac's drive as source and your external as destination, then hit clone. It's faster than Disk Utility and lets you make regular, bootable backups automatically. Test your clone by restarting while holding Option to select the external drive.
For a more streamlined cloning experience, iBoysoft DiskGeeker for Mac offers an efficient solution. This free tool specializes in sector-by-sector disk cloning while maintaining full data integrity, supporting APFS, HFS+, FAT32, and exFAT file systems. It handles system disk cloning perfectly - ideal when upgrading to a new SSD or creating bootable backups.
The process is intuitive: just select source/target disks and click "Clone." You can then boot from the cloned drive (hold Option at startup) to verify functionality. Compared to Disk Utility, iBoysoft DiskGeeker delivers faster transfer speeds and automatically fixes partition errors during cloning. Its additional features like disk monitoring and storage analysis make it a versatile toolkit for Mac maintenance beyond just cloning.
First, connect your external drive and launch Disk Utility from Applications > Utilities. Select your internal drive, click Edit > Restore, then choose your external drive as the destination. This creates an exact, bootable copy - just remember it might take a while for large drives.
For better control:
Grab Carbon Copy Cloner (bombich.com) for more options. After installing, simply pick your Mac's drive as source and your external as destination, then hit clone. It's faster than Disk Utility and lets you make regular, bootable backups automatically. Test your clone by restarting while holding Option to select the external drive.
For a more streamlined cloning experience, iBoysoft DiskGeeker for Mac offers an efficient solution. This free tool specializes in sector-by-sector disk cloning while maintaining full data integrity, supporting APFS, HFS+, FAT32, and exFAT file systems. It handles system disk cloning perfectly - ideal when upgrading to a new SSD or creating bootable backups.
The process is intuitive: just select source/target disks and click "Clone." You can then boot from the cloned drive (hold Option at startup) to verify functionality. Compared to Disk Utility, iBoysoft DiskGeeker delivers faster transfer speeds and automatically fixes partition errors during cloning. Its additional features like disk monitoring and storage analysis make it a versatile toolkit for Mac maintenance beyond just cloning.