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macOS Sequoia 15.3 Fixes SuperDuper Bootable Backups Bug

JosephAW said:
I’ve noticed that if I erased the internal drive on my Mac mini M2 I can still boot to my external drive but it wouldn’t let me apply any dot 1 updates, so the internal drive has to have an installed OS, I was just using it as a swap drive for Photoshop and da Vinci resolve.
Even if I choose to have find my Mac turned off it still requires this.
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Did you clone the internal drive on an external? Maybe there are some paths saved that lead to one of the internal drives partition.

External drives work fine as a boot drive for macOS if you format it APFS encrypted and just install macOS from your internal drive on it. You can use Migration Assistant to get everything from the internal drive. At least for me it was the case.


Also it is not recommended to use USB on Apple Silicon Macs for something to boot from.

This arcticle sums up every problem very good.

https://support.bombich.com/hc/en-u...1479-Creating-legacy-bootable-copies-of-macOS
 
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Adora said:
Did you clone the internal drive on an external? Maybe there are some paths saved that lead to one of the internal drives partition.

External drives work fine as a boot drive for macOS if you format it APFS encrypted and just install macOS from your internal drive on it. You can use Migration Assistant to get everything from the internal drive. At least for me it was the case.


Also it is not recommended to use USB on Apple Silicon Macs for something to boot from.

This arcticle sums up every problem very good.

https://support.bombich.com/hc/en-u...1479-Creating-legacy-bootable-copies-of-macOS
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I never use the internal drive for booting since Mojave because there’s not enough internal storage so I didn’t clone, the only limitation with the M2 is it doesn’t support USB C 3x2 for installing macOS, I have to plug in the USB-A connector to apply major updates.
 
lkrupp said:
Apple locking down macOS is the direct result of users not caring about security and privacy yet expecting to be made whole when their bank accounts and credit cards are compromised. It helps but you can’t fix stupid.
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This is a load of Bologna.

Operating systems and computers are always going to have a certain amount of vulnerability. That will be a constant. Blaming apples selfish actions is a really lazy way to approach their lock down mentality. Apple has always been literal control freaks - and you can blame users all they want but Mac OS has never been as Swiss cheese in terms of security as Windows is.

Just excuses excuses excuses. We like our Apple products, but many customers just take it too far into the zealotry and it's just shameful and sad.

I've been a power user since 7.6, and we got along fine having full control of our machines and hard drives and external booting etc... so nerfing the functionality of super duper or carbon copy cloner and making excuses for it is just silliness.
 
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Well, having used both SD and CCC for years. ( since 10.1) This issue just seems like apple trying to close down the eco system. And as of this writting, even on 15.3.2 SD still doesn't work correctly. This one post on the ShirtPocket Forum does not validate a fix. even reinstalling the SD app with the latest 3.9 version makes no difference.
 
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Anyone know if Sequoia 15.4.2 actually fixes this issue on the M4 mini? I am not bothering to update until I know I can create a bootable back-up. Otherwise there is no easy way to take a backwards step, if/when the update introduces a particularly agitating bug.

Example 15.3 has an issue where I will open a folder but sometimes the mouse cannot select or open any file within that folder. Logging out and back in resolves it but had I been able to easily revert back to 15.2.x I would absolutely have done so.

Also makes test driving new software a pain, as current methods of removing all traces of rejected app would be to do a clean reinstall, then do a migration from the non-bootable clone created by SD or CCC.
 
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Heard back from the developer and have downloaded the latest version. Will give it a test, this afternoon when the ambient window light drives the wife away from that computer.
 
Did create a bootable back-up. Because boot disk has to be authorized best to select the exteranl start-up disk from system settings. That is the procedure going both ways. With the M4, option boot is gone altogether and even recovery boot is limited to keeping the power on button depressed until it boots into recovery.

Have not tried a clone back to the main drive. If that time comes and fails, at least I'll have a solid migration source after doing a reinstall.

Finished my CCC trial period some time ago, so no idea if or how well CCC is working as yet.
 
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