[Abbey29]

I just bought a new hard drive for my MacBook. I want to replace the old one, but first I'm trying to do a complete clone of the current one. Does anyone have any suggestions for good software that will make a reliable perfect clone of my hard drive?

[Hal Itosis]

Disk Utility?

[Franz]

SuperDuper is my favorite. It'll clone your drive perfectly, and it's free. If you want to do automatic backups and such it cost money. http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDup...scription.html


If not, use Carbon Copy Cloner (free): http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html

[angelmb]

Seconded about SuperDuper. It is fantastic.

[krx]

In terms of making an occasional (non-automated) clone of your hard drive for backup purposes, what are the advantages of SuperDuper and/or Carbon Copy Cloner over Disk Utility?

I have two iBooks and until I figure out a better backup system I'm thinking I might just clone the hard drive of each one to the other. I believe I can do this fairly easily using Disk Utility but wondering if this is the best way to do it.