

Select the desired disk icon from which you want to boot.ĥ. Release the key when the boot manager appears.Ĥ. Immediately after the chime press and hold down theģ. You need to boot from your backup disk using:Ģ. Since the drive you have is 500 GBs then the external drive you use for the backup clone should be at least 750 GBs. That way you should be able to boot from this backup. I suggest that the backup disk you use has a larger capacity than the one in your computer. Note that the above clone includes both your internal boot volume and the Recovery HD volume you used for the above.

Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.ĭestination means the external backup drive. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it toĦ. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag itĥ. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.Ĥ. Select the destination volume from the left side list.ģ. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the ContinueĢ. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.ġ. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears.

Clone Yosemite, Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
