(The newer version of Disk Utility has undergone a GUI overhaul.)ĭisk Utility was at version 16.0 at the time of this writing, so there have certainly been more than two versions.
That makes the restore function extremely versatile, even if it’s largely overlooked in Disk Utility. It can create a copy of any image or volume that can be mounted on your Mac. The restore function isn’t limited to creating clones of the startup drive. Provided the source for the clone was a bootable startup drive, then the destination will generally also be useable as a bootable startup drive, which is pretty darned convenient.
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The advantages of cloning are many, but the one that is repeatedly mentioned in troubleshooting guides, as well as guides to installing new versions of the Mac OS, is the clone’s ability to be used as a Mac’s startup drive. We often think of this as cloning a drive, so you have an exact copy for backup or archiving purposes. Disk Utility, in all of its incarnations, has always had a restore function, a way to copy a disk volume or image file to another volume, creating an exact copy.
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