So it’s not a problem to move from Intel to M1 or vice versa.
Regardless of processor, you can still restore using Apple’s “first boot” restore process, or by using Migration Assistant.
It can, of course, make a straight copy, or 'clone' - useful when you want to move all your data from one machine to another, or do a simple backup. The candidates for Mac backup: SuperDuper Carbon Copy Cloner FreeFileSync RsyncGUI SuperDuper. From the To menu, select the hard disk you want to restore the backup to. Select the backup disk from the Copy menu. In the same way How do I backup with SuperDuper The window shown below appears. From the developer: SuperDuper is an advanced, yet easy to use disk copying program. SuperDuper is a simple Mac backup app that backs up your entire Mac or user files predetermined by the software. You can, however, boot an M1 Mac from a backup of a different M1 Mac, once you’ve authorized it with a user on the Mac you’re booting. This application was developed to work on Mac OS X 10.4 or later. The team behind SuperDuper don’t know the details but say “I’m certain it required changes to the M1’s startup process and to asr to finally make it happen.”Īs indicated above, you can’t boot an Intel Mac from an M1 backup or vice-versa. Super Duper comes from Shirt Pocket Software and costs 27.
All Time Machine requires is an external hard drive and it will immediately start backing up all the files on your Mac the moment you point it to the required external drive. It would copy the System volume but displayed errors like the “source volume format is not yet supported.”Īpple is fixing this in macOS 11.4. The two most popular solutions for Mac backup include Super Duper and Carbon Copy. Create a bootable clone of your Mac drive with SuperDuper Time Machine, the backup software included with Macs, is a great backup solution in its own right. But asr doesn’t work properly with M1 Macs. This is due to a change that Apple is bringing to the Mac.įor security reasons, Big Sur forced the use of Apple Software Restore, or asr, for backups that contain a System volume (that is, any startup volume). However, you won’t be able to boot from a SuperDuper backup unless you’re running the macOS 11.4 beta or later.