Carbon Copy Cloner is an OSX tool that allows you to make an exact duplicate of a drive. The software can be used to create backups of your computer. Recently I needed to make several exact duplicates of the same Mac Mini. The process is simple.

1) Boot up one Mini in target mode (hold down the T while the machine boots up.)
4) Using Firewire to Firewire, connect a second Min.i
5) Launch Carbon Copy Cloner on the source Mini.
6) Choose Macintosh HD as the source and Macintosh HD 1 as the target.
7) Click on the lock at the bottom of the window beside the "clone" button.
8) Enter the Admin Password for the source Mini
9) Click on the clone button
10)This takes about one and a quarter hours.
11)When Carbon Copy Cloner indicates that the cloning is complete, unmount the
source Mac by dragging it's icon to the trash.

The same process works for any other drive and you can set CCC up on a schedule to use it as backup software.

Carbon Copy Cloner is a donationware product--donate if you find it of value. However, Mike Bombich (the software developer) insists that if you work for an educational institution that you NOT donate.

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