I use Time Machine, but I exclude some big files that change a lot or can be re-downloaded.
Now I want a non-bootable FULL backup of ALL files for convenience "just in case." Can I use Disk Utility to Restore my internal HD to a disk image that I'll create on an external HD? I can't seem to find any record of people doing that.
I don't want to restore to the external HD itself--just to an image--for two reasons:
1) That drive has other stuff on it I want. Plenty of space left, but I don't want to erase the volume.
2) I don't need the backup to be bootable.
Basically if I ever need to do a Time Machine restore, and then I want some file that was excluded, this external image will be a "master copy" I always know has everything. I doubt I'd ever Restore from it (it will be out of date compared to the Time Machine) but I will manually copy certain files missing from Time Machine.
I'm doing this on Lion... before I take the Mavericks plunge!
TIA
Now I want a non-bootable FULL backup of ALL files for convenience "just in case." Can I use Disk Utility to Restore my internal HD to a disk image that I'll create on an external HD? I can't seem to find any record of people doing that.
I don't want to restore to the external HD itself--just to an image--for two reasons:
1) That drive has other stuff on it I want. Plenty of space left, but I don't want to erase the volume.
2) I don't need the backup to be bootable.
Basically if I ever need to do a Time Machine restore, and then I want some file that was excluded, this external image will be a "master copy" I always know has everything. I doubt I'd ever Restore from it (it will be out of date compared to the Time Machine) but I will manually copy certain files missing from Time Machine.
I'm doing this on Lion... before I take the Mavericks plunge!
TIA