It would be good to verify that the second USB drive was assigned the same device name and check that the copy is identical to the original disk. Plug in the blank one, determine the path of the filename corresponding to it as explained above (by running diskutil list) and execute:Īgain, the input file ( if) is changed to the image file that we created in the last step and the output file ( of) is changed to the path of the file representing the USB disk. Unplug the flash drive when it's finished. of represents output file (image file) which would be created on your internal hard drive (specifically in the current directory). In most cases, the format will automatically be set to macOS Extended and the scheme to GUID Partition Map. Click on the external drive in the sidebar and then the Erase tab. Here, if means input file, which is the path of the file representing the USB drive. To clone Mac hard drive Disk Utility is Apple’s built-in solution. Boot up clonezilla, choose disk to disk and start cloning. If its a 3.5' youll need a USB/SATA adapter that has a power adapter. Now run the following command in Terminal. Pull the HDD from the Mac Connect this drive and your SSD to your PC with USB/SATA cables. In my case, the path for the file representing the external USB disk was /dev/disk2. The path would be of the form /dev/disk_x_ where _x_ would be an integer. Look for the entry corresponding to your USB drive (it would be labeled as (external, physical)) and note the path of the file representing it. This command will list all the connected internal and external disks. Plug in the flash drive you want to clone, open Terminal by searching in Spotlight ( Command + Space) or by going to Applications → Utilities folder. You can use the standard UNIX utility dd.
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