how to clone / make image of MacMini HD?

[patent10021]

I want to clone or make an image of my Lion OS/HD to put on a new HDD.

What is the easiest way to do this?

Thanks

 

[maflynn]

The easiest way is to use Carbon Copy Cloner. You'll need to hook up your hard drive to the computer via an external enclosure or a docking solution

 

[old-wiz]

I use SuperDuper, but CCC is just as good. These create a bootable clone, which is good thing to have in case your HDD/SSD fails.

 

[Fishrrman]

CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper.

CCC is free to download and use for 30 days (hint: if you download the completely free version 3.4.7, it will work too, but you will have to dismiss the alerts that it "hasn't been tested with the latest Mac OS").

I haven't used SD in a while, but it used to be completely free if all you wanted to do was create a "full" clone (i.e., not an "incremental backup").

 

[Weaselboy]

I want to clone or make an image of my Lion OS/HD to put on a new HDD.

What is the easiest way to do this?

Thanks

Are you currently using Time Machine to backup to an external drive? If you are, you can option key boot to that and just click restore to put everything back on the new drive.