Clone an external drive to another one

I’m using disk utility, and using the restore feature. But I get an osstatis error 1

is there an explanation why? Or is there an easier way to do this?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 29, 2025 1:38 AM

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Mar 30, 2025 10:02 AM in response to Owl-53

PRP_53 wrote:

Would ASR from Terminal command-line apply in OPs' case ?

Yes, if the external drive was using the APFS file system, but I don't think Disk Utility provides that as an easy option (or it may possibly be automatic with an APFS volume). Even so, CCC is the best option for the OP since it is easy to use and provides lot of other options & features that the OP may find useful and works with all file systems supported by macOS.


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