![]() ![]() ![]() So why would you want to have an exact clone of your startup drive? Several reasons actually. It is also possible with CCC to clone your system from a drive or partition to an other drive or partition. This utility also allows you to automatically update (from your main startup drive) your cloned drive on a regular scheduled basis. It even goes beyond generating a cloned drive. It also enables you to create an exact clone of your startup drive applications, files, folders, internet settings, etc. While this five dollar shareware utility is simple to use, it does more than just create a new bootable drive. So how does one create a second boot drive in these days of OS X? Actually is rather simple using Carbon Copy Cloner © by Mike Bombich. You can't drag what you can't see and those invisible files are essential to creating a boot drive. So simply dragging the Mac OS X System folder to a second drive won't do it. As OS X is UNIX based there are now a number of invisible files that are need by the Mac to be able to boot from a drive. Everything need by the Mac to start up from a drive was contained inside the System folder. One simply dragged the System folder from your start up drive to a second drive, that was all there was to it. Back in the 'good old days' of Mac OS 9 and earlier, it was easy to create a second 'Boot' drive. To clone or not to clone-and we're not talking sheep here. How to create a second Boot drive in OS X. 'White Paper' - Carbon Copy Clone a Boot drive ![]()
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