![]() ![]() It's nice to have an essential piece of software running fully, once again. So I'll need to continue using the power button opt key trick. Oddly, when running from ext drive, internal boot does not show in system boot prefs, and when running from internal, the external does not show up. I don't like the possibility of all my tweaks disappearing. I don't have to worry about a major internal drive flakeout anymore. Probably be better to hook the ext boot to thunderbolt, but I need to think about how to free up one of those measly 2 plugs. ![]() Now when the internal drive goes bad, I can switch to an external, and keep using the Mac. ![]() Had to reinstall a driver for VPN, but that's it. I chose external, and after grumbling some the Mini booted to the slow external SSD. It let me choose the external or internal drive. Once done, I shut down computer, then pressed and held power button on Mac and Opt key on keyboard, until options came up. Indexing ensures that backups happen quickly. Backups are recorded as snapshots on a calendar (just like Time Machine) and can take place on local drives or networked Macs. IOW, a complete backup.Īfter 11.4 came out, I downloaded the SD Beta 3.5-beta.3, and did an erase then copy of my 500GB Boot Drive, onto a spare 250GB USB 3 (A type connector, 6 Gb/sec, or whatever). Time Machine on Steroids: Carbon Copy Cloner (39.99) Carbon Copy Cloner is a jack-of-all-trades backup tool that presents itself as a more powerful version of Time Machine. Its great when moving from one machine to another, or. With SuperDuper, you can create a backup of your hard drive so that if your Mac crashes, youll have a second copy of your work stored elsewhere. ![]() I've always preferred SuperDuper! to CCC, so was excited to find that they finally have a backup for Big Sur M1 Macs that lets you boot of an external drive. SuperDuper is an easy-to-use, reliable data loss prevention app that both non-technical and technical users will enjoy. Mac Min1c M1, MacOS 11.4, SuperDuper! 3.5-beta.3 ( Shirt Pocket 1 Shirt Pocket 2) ![]()
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