Clone-copying system vs install?

[Wie Gehts]

Hi.

I was wondering...thinking back from pre OSX days with regards to OSX..

Is there any difference whether or not the boot system (including applications, etc.) for your computer was put in place by their installers or made from a (backed up) clone or copy of that system?

I suppose it doesn't since people clone their drives all the time.

I sort of remember from pre osx days of an installed system being ~blessed~, if I remember the vernacular correctly. But even still, don't know if it meant anything back then either


Anyways I'm just curious.
Thanks

 

[angelwatt]

Shouldn't be any different depending on the depth of the clone. For instance, if just the Applications folder was cloned, it wouldn't include user preferences for the application. So the prefs would need to be recreated. If it's a full HD clone though, it'll have everything, hence clone.

 

[velocityg4]

The current Mac OS cloning software (SuperDuper!, Carbon Copy Cloner) bless the System folder for Mac OS X volumes.

I don't think the blessing procedure is the same but the end result is a bootable clone.

 

[Wie Gehts]

Thanks guys

Just bought me SuperDuper about an hour ago. Almost two years without cloning my macbooks hd. Figured it was about time.