Making a mirror copy of my HDD

[nampramos]

Hi guys!

Could someone please tell me what's the best way to make a full copy of my HDD into another HDD connected by USB?

I will soon change my HDD on my mac and for that I will buy a case for the new drive, connect it by usb, then do the mirror copy and when that is finished I switch the old drive to the case and the new drive that just got mirrored to the mac.

Thanks!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Use CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to make a 1:1 copy.

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[hwojtek]

Google "Carbon Copy Cloner" or "Super Duper".

 

[nampramos]

And how should I do it?
Put the new hdd already in the mac and boot up from the old hdd on the enclousure and then proceed with the cloning or the other way around?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

And how should I do it?
Put the new hdd already in the mac and boot up from the old hdd on the enclousure and then proceed with the cloning or the other way around?

The other way around would be faster, as you boot from the internal older HDD instead of the old external HDD via USB, as USB is limited to 30MB/s.

 

[nampramos]

Right, tought so.
One more question.
Buying a USB 3.0 enclousure will give me faster speeds on a 2.0 port or want make any difference at all?

 

[old-wiz]

Right, tought so.
One more question.
Buying a USB 3.0 enclousure will give me faster speeds on a 2.0 port or want make any difference at all?

A USB 3.0 on USB 2.0 will run at USB 2.0 speeds.

 

[likegadgets]

I have used super duper to clone mac drives several times. It works great.
The paid version allows smart and fast subsequent updates. I run a nightly backup using super duper in addition to the time machine.

 

[nampramos]

I have used super duper to clone mac drives several times. It works great.
The paid version allows smart and fast subsequent updates. I run a nightly backup using super duper in addition to the time machine.

I only want to make a one time cloning. Do I need the paid version for that?
CCC does the same good job?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I only want to make a one time cloning. Do I need the paid version for that?

No, CCC can do that.

CCC does the same good job?

Yes.

 

[nampramos]

Thanks!
The HDD should get here this week and now I just need to buy the enclousure.

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Super Duper

+1 on Super Duper