Source means the internal startup drive.īe sure to clone the drive of the computer that has a working Recovery HD partition because Disk Utility will clone the Recovery HD at the same time automatically.MacOS Recovery (often referred to as Mac Recovery Mode) was introduced back in 2010 with OS X 10.7 Lion. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.ĭestination means the external backup drive.Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.Check the box labeled Erase destination.Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.Select the destination volume from the left side list.Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue button.Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.Ĭlone Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.ģ. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.

Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.Ģ. Do the following:ĭrive Preparation for External Backup Driveġ.

It should be at least as large as the hard drive you plan to replicate.

Get an external hard drive to use for the cloned backup.

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