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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1909087" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Then I'll just have to keep an answer on hand in my database to cut and paste to post each time you say this (as you have already a bunch of times). Because I still think that a clone of one's Apple Silicon-based Mac is EXTREMELY useful.</p><p></p><p>You can't use an external clone to boot an Apple Silicon-based Mac whose internal SSD is dead, because an Apple Silicon-based Mac with a dead internal SSD is simply a dead Mac for all purposes.</p><p></p><p>But when your Apple Silicon-based Mac's internal SSD dies, you can still use your external clone to:</p><p></p><p>1. Attach to another Macintosh that supports APFS. In which case you have access to all of your data while your main Macintosh is being repaired (or replaced) and you can use all of the applications that are supported by the OS on the Mac you attach to</p><p></p><p>2. Boot another Apple Silicon-based Mac, requiring only that you enter the administrator password</p><p></p><p>3. Recreate your deceased internal SSD exactly as it was onto a healthy empty internal SSD in another Apple Silicon-based Mac</p><p></p><p>4. Restore all of your data to your Mac once it has been repaired.</p><p></p><p>To reiterate, if your internal SSD fails in your Apple Silicon-based Mac, you can no longer boot that Mac from a clone backup and keep on working on the same Mac. (Actually, if your internal SSD fails in your Apple Silicon-based Mac, your Mac is completely dead for any and all purposes.) However, a clone allows your data to remain saved and unharmed, useable while your Mac is being repaired, and used to restore your data in your original or another Mac.</p><p></p><p>In addition, it's a waste of time to disparage clones as a backup technique just because you can't boot from an Apple Silicon-based Mac with a dead internal SSD, as your other choice, a versioned backup, doesn't give you this capability either. And history has shown that maintaining a backup (of some sort) of your data is crucial.</p><p></p><p>It's up to the listmoms to decide if we have to have this digression EVERY SINGLE TIME that the topic of clone backups is mentioned on this forum. If necessary, we can put a pin on this discussion and refer users to it instead of harping on it EVERY SINGLE TIME.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1909087, member: 190607"] Then I'll just have to keep an answer on hand in my database to cut and paste to post each time you say this (as you have already a bunch of times). Because I still think that a clone of one's Apple Silicon-based Mac is EXTREMELY useful. You can't use an external clone to boot an Apple Silicon-based Mac whose internal SSD is dead, because an Apple Silicon-based Mac with a dead internal SSD is simply a dead Mac for all purposes. But when your Apple Silicon-based Mac's internal SSD dies, you can still use your external clone to: 1. Attach to another Macintosh that supports APFS. In which case you have access to all of your data while your main Macintosh is being repaired (or replaced) and you can use all of the applications that are supported by the OS on the Mac you attach to 2. Boot another Apple Silicon-based Mac, requiring only that you enter the administrator password 3. Recreate your deceased internal SSD exactly as it was onto a healthy empty internal SSD in another Apple Silicon-based Mac 4. Restore all of your data to your Mac once it has been repaired. To reiterate, if your internal SSD fails in your Apple Silicon-based Mac, you can no longer boot that Mac from a clone backup and keep on working on the same Mac. (Actually, if your internal SSD fails in your Apple Silicon-based Mac, your Mac is completely dead for any and all purposes.) However, a clone allows your data to remain saved and unharmed, useable while your Mac is being repaired, and used to restore your data in your original or another Mac. In addition, it's a waste of time to disparage clones as a backup technique just because you can't boot from an Apple Silicon-based Mac with a dead internal SSD, as your other choice, a versioned backup, doesn't give you this capability either. And history has shown that maintaining a backup (of some sort) of your data is crucial. It's up to the listmoms to decide if we have to have this digression EVERY SINGLE TIME that the topic of clone backups is mentioned on this forum. If necessary, we can put a pin on this discussion and refer users to it instead of harping on it EVERY SINGLE TIME. [/QUOTE]
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