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2022 UPDATE: Clonezilla supports the APFS file system

I understand that Clonezilla does not list APFS as a supported file system. It is important to me to be able to create a clone back of a disk so that the many of work can be restored should there be a failure or significant user error.

I have enjoyed Clonezilla's ability to back Ubuntu and Windows drives and restore them quickly. Backups are kept to a minimal size on disk. I would like to be able to do this with a Mojave APFS disk. What options (methods) exist that approach Clonezilla functionality? Any best practices are appreciated: thank you.

gatorback
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The "sector-by-sector" copy option should always work:

From clonezilla.org:

For unsupported file system, sector-to-sector copy is done by dd in Clonezilla.

That's the option

[ ] -q1    Force to use sector-by-sector copy (supports all filesystem, but inefficient)

in expert mode (second screenshot).

Freddy
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