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If the worst should happen, you’ll still be able to restore your data from your off-site disk image.

There’s even an Acronis cloud storage service available that allows you to store a drive image at a separate location-definitely “best practice” from a data security perspective. True Image’s automatic backup features are extremely useful and fully customizable to match any schedule and backup style. However, you can still clone and image Linux drives. It’s not yet available for Linux unless you buy in at the enterprise level. The two versions work almost identically, so you can use the same program across all your devices. It has a great set of tools for creating disk images, cloning drives, and performing automatic backups wrapped in a modern, user-friendly interface. The best disk imaging program I’ve tested is Acronis True Image. We performed an exhaustive review of every major app available. You never know when a drive’s hardware might fail, and ransomware that encrypts your data to extort money from you is a genuine and growing problem.īut there are so many options! Where do you begin selecting a cloning and imaging app that works for you? That’s where we come in. The result will be a bootable exact precise duplicate copy (often referred to as a "clone") of that Mac's startup disk.Even if you’re not a tech expert, creating a bootable backup copy of your hard drive is a sensible safety precaution. IMac11:~ john$ sudo asr restore -source / -target /Volumes/Untitled -eraseĮrase contents of /dev/disk3s2 (/Volumes/Untitled)? : y Here is an example of what you ought to see upon entering that command The -erase flag seems to be necessary despite the fact you just erased that disk. What you type will not be echoed, not even with Sudo asr restore -source / -target /Volumes/Untitled -eraseĪt the Password prompt type that Mac's Admin password followed by the Return or Enter key. That's the right way to do it but if that process fails for whatever reason I suggest using asr (Apple Software Restore) using Terminal.Įxample below, using a previously erased hard disk drive with title "Untitled" (the name provided by default upon erasing a disk): Restore a disk using Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

I understand you want to use Disk Utility's Restore function, is that correct?