Backup a MacBook

[Davidharry]

good day to all.
I have a Mackbook Air running the latest Mojave’s os.
Looking to make a backup of the os been thinking about making a bootable usb pendrive.
Been looking on line for the method of achieving this challenge.First question is if I download the latest os from the App Store even though I have the latest installed,will the one from the App Store go to the download folder?
If that’s correct I plan on using the Diskmaker software to make e bootable usb pendrive.
Or would it be possible to get that latest Mojave’s os from another source.
Many thanks.

 

[niteflyr]

If you are looking to make a bootable installer on a USB flash drive, this article lays it out well.

http://osxdaily.com/2018/09/26/make-macos-mojave-boot-usb-installer/

 

[Davidharry]

Gee bit more to it than I was expecting.
Many thanks will have to digest all that.

 

[Macdctr]

David, you can use Diskmaker X to make a bootable USB thumb drive. I made mine using Diskmaker X.

https://diskmakerx.com/8-0-1-available/

You have to have a 16GB thumb drive as a minimum to do this and Mojave downloaded into your applications folder.

 

[Davidharry]

Big Thanks

 

[Macdctr]

No problem David.