This means it only backs up the used space, so the resulting image is not as big as your SSD and the process is fast. Size dependent on the filesystemĬloneZilla works well with HFS+, can detect used and free space.
The problem is that requirements change over time, most of the time after problems you did not expect before. I had to remember to boot CloneZilla every week and do the backup, but that was not that much of a problem, it became a weekly ritual. The backups worked fine, when I bought a bigger SSD for macOS and just restored the latest backup image to it and everything went fine. I basically use macOS only for work, so restoring an at most week old backup did not seem like a problem, I would then just do a git pull and all the important data would be back.
In case of failure I would be able to restore the image file to the SSD or any new SSD and be back up and running in about 30 minutes. Initial image based backupsįirst I decided to use CloneZilla and backup the whole macOS SSD into an image file on another HDD every week. I tried a few solutions as my requirements changed.
With a good backup solution you should be up and running in a few minutes after any of those problems occur.
#Mac carbon copy cloner ssd update#
Any macOS update can theoretically break your installation, you can break you Clover setup by accident or you SSD might just die. The chance of something going wrong is a bit higher than when running macOS on an Apple computer. If you use a Hackintosh you need a good backup solution.