Migrating data from a CCC backup using Migration Assistant
#CARBON COPY CLONER MIGRATION ASSISTANT INSTALL#
Proceed to install macOS onto your backup disk.When prompted to select a disk, click the Show All Disks.
#CARBON COPY CLONER MIGRATION ASSISTANT DOWNLOAD#
Download and open the macOS Installer:.If your data-only backup resides on a non-encrypted APFS volume, you can install macOS onto the backup disk to make it bootable. Click on the Destination selector and choose your destination.Drag the Macintosh HD - Data volume from CCC's sidebar onto the Source selector.Click the Show Sidebar button in CCC's toolbar.If you would ultimately like to make the backup bootable, erase your destination volume as APFS in Disk Utility.This is essentially the same problem with most backup applications. You could use Carbon Copy Cloner and omit specific directories, but CCC has limited control over what directories can be omitted. Migration Assistant is not useful for cloning. You can perform the following steps to manually configure a data-only backup. Obviously you cannot clone the larger hard drive because the other drive is not large enough.
In some cases CCC will configure your task for a data-only backup automatically. I have a Carbon Copy Cloner backup disc and was going to use Migration Assistant. A data-only backup is not bootable, however the backup can be made bootable by installing macOS onto it, or you can use the data-only backup as a source to Migration Assistant. The System volume, which contains only about 15GB of read-only system files that are installed by the macOS Installer, will not be copied. If you're unfamiliar with the APFS Volume Group concept that Apple introduced in macOS Catalina, you can learn more about it here:įor a data-only backup, CCC copies the entire Data volume within that APFS volume group. In some cases CCC will create a data-only backup of a macOS startup disk. A data-only backup is a complete backup of all of your data, settings, and applications
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