Many thanks for this brilliant guide. Was previously getting an error because I was selecting the main disk instead of the container disk in the drop down, until I came across your video
Just wanted to thank you for this. Excellent video, I was looking for a way to create a bootable clone of my MacBook Pro without messing with time machine, and this work beautifully. Great instruction, thank you so much!
Thank you for your easy to follow tutorial! I've been trying to clone my Macintosh SSD (1 TB, MacOS 14 Sonoma) to a bigger SSD (Crucial MX500 2 TB) on my Macbook Pro mid-2012 completely using disk utility. I keep getting an error saying that the '"destination does not have enough space, OSStatus error 28". The old SSD has only 4 MB free space and does not boot anymore into maOS, so I had to format the new SSD from recovery mode. I made sure to erase and format the destination SSD to the same format as the old SSD, which is APFS format. It was successful. Then I restored the container of the new SSD, following your description, from the old SSD, leaving the default value for the source. After that I got very soon above mentioned error - whereas the restore of 1 TB data should take much more time. Thank you very much for any help!
sorry, never faced such an issue so can't advice ..i would fist look for a way to delete data from old ssd to make some more free space like 3-4gb ...maybe thats the issue .....see if booting linux from a usb drive on mac is possible and if that can help clearing out some space from old ssd
Thank you for your quick response. In one of your other videos you describe that your SSD overheated. You decided to stop the cloning process as nothing happened. What were the signs that nothing happened any more? My enclosure is still blinking and heat is developing but no progress on the progress bar on the computer. Does that mean that it still does something? Did your indicator light on the enclosure stop blinking or how did you notice something is wrong?
Many thanks for sharing this video. Works fine only problem I have is that every time must press ‘option’ button and choose new drive when restarting. Any idea how to setup that system is booting from the new drive by default?
I'm planning on upgrading my SSD from 512GB to 1TB, but my MacBook model (Late 2013 Retina, 15 inches) uses a different kind of SSD that's not compatible with NVME cases. Would it be possible to make this process "backwards"?, as in, from the external drive to the internal drive. I'm thinking of doing this in 2 steps: 1) clone the internal SSD to an external 2.5 SATA SSD then, 2) clone the external 2.5 SATA SSD to the _new_ internal SSD.
@@andrewpustai I figured out Apple’s built in software for this, especially for an older 2016 model Mac, is just too flaky. My solution was to use a really good free 3rd Party solution called SuperDuper. Much much better, backed up my entire Mac including the OS in about a half hour. I then could boot off of that external drive. So much better than Mac’s built in solution. And it is free with a paid option, but it’s not spammy or annoying about it.
I have followed your instructions and cloned the internal hard drive to an external M.2 SSD connected to the computer via an enclosure. Can I now use this external SSD that is now a clone of my internal hard drive to replace the internal hard drive with the new cloned SSD?
Hello, I've a Macbook Pro 2019 with 250 GB internal, but I can't even install the software I need, I work on something that requires more. I would like to use my external solid drive as primary and I'm confirming whether to select AFPS or Extended Journaled. It would be to install OS X on that 1 TB SSD external device and also use it, not only to create the installation image (not only a bootable disk but for working with it). Do you know if I select AFPS again in that case and GUID partition map?
Hello, I have a problem when after restarting the Mac, the Windows installer starts after selecting the language and license approval, I should see a list of disks but I don't see where the problem is? Regards
Why is the new disk not bootable? When I insert a new disk in place of the old one - the computer gives information that this disk is not bootable, but when I leave the old disk in the computer and the new one in USB, when I start the computer and select which disk to load the system from, I select the new USB disk - then the system loads properly. Do I need to make changes to the BIOS or do something else to make the new disk bootable?
After creating the clone, can I back up the clone to another harddrive or NAS and if so, if I ever needed to restore from that clone do I just format the ssd to APFS then transfer the clone backup from the NAS to the ssd? Will it work like that?
Hello, I use an iMac 2017 in my job and it's terrible slow, I want to clone the internal HDD to an external SSD, is that a good idea run MacOS from an external SSD? I know the better way is open the iMac and make the internal instalation or upgrade the RAM but I'm not able to do it.
Hi - both my internal and external ssds are same size, each 1TB. But won't restore - error message is "Not enough space on/Volumes/ASRNewVolume_653/ContainerToInvert to restore The operation couldn't be completed. (OSStatus error 28.)" Any suggestions? Thank you!
Hi, Thanks for doing this, it is very useful indeed. I am awaiting delivery of an iMac 24 M1 with 256GB SSD so was planning to use the 2TB thunderbolt external drive to Boot from. can you confirm that if the internal SSD fails it will prevent booting from the external by this method ? If yes then will a clean install onto the external SSD avoid this issue? thanks in advance for your time.
@@munchy_cool ck response. I have read the details now on the apple site too. Oh well at least the internal ssd should last if it is not being used all the time.
Unfortunately this did not work for me on my M2 macbook. I have an NVMe drive that MacOS sees, it formatted it, it replicated to the new disk, it boots off it but then it restarts 3 times and goes back to recovery mode.
I have a M2 Macbook air having a internal 256HD internal and has Sonoma software on it. I tried to clone with my new 4TB Scandisk Drive and fails to restore to the 4TB new external drive. Anyone know what may be?
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Hi Munchy sorry to disturb you but i followed the procedure step by step and is not going thru i select ext ssd container and i got the macintosh hs cloning arrive to the end i shutdown and start again with power button that i select the external partition but no joy it reboots a few tines and it goes to restore menu again os 13.5 i clone to the internal of m1 mac book ait then i try to restart no joy if i connect the external disk with another laptop M1Pro i have the very same probs the system does not boot up from the internal disk now i am tryin to install to the external disk and restartand then eventually i will restore a time machine
done i installed the external disk from scratch and booted .. now copying a time machine and i will try to run this external disk on a m1 pro 14" laptop @@munchy_cool
Please does this process also save internal files and documents stored in the internal SSD? Mine has been showing error after Apple logo and I don’t know how to save my files because I can’t find an enclosure for the MacBook Pro internal SSD to help me backup my files
