A great piece by Riccardo Mori on the walls slowly closing in on bootable backups on macOS.

When I started using Linux full-time for my personal computing last year, one of the things I’ve missed most was the ability to easily backup my system. Time Machine is such an incredible feature and there really isn’t anything like it on other operating systems.

But just as important to me as Time Machine is access to software for making bootable backups — another part of my backup toolkit that really shines on macOS.

Although the ability to create bootable backups isn’t something built-in to macOS, SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner have been mainstays for me since I started using macOS in 2006. These types of backups are just so versatile. They can help you upgrade to a new boot drive, allow you to very quickly recover in case of a massive hardware failure, and more.

But with Apple making bootable backups less and less useable, this backup solution — which felt like a super power exclusive to macOS — just isn’t what it used to be. And my expectation is that Apple will only make these types of backups harder to perform until they are eventually impossible on new hardware.

➝ Source: morrick.me