Then booted the Mac with Clonezilla Live on USB by pressing the Option key at startup, selecting EFI Boot and pressed Enter. rwxrwxrwx 1 me staff 188 Apr 28 22:56 Clonezilla-Live-Versionĭrwxrwxrwx 1 me staff 4096 May 31 07:22 EFIĭrwxrwxrwx 1 me staff 4096 May 31 07:22 bootĭrwxrwxrwx 1 me staff 4096 May 31 07:20 homeĭrwxrwxrwx 1 me staff 4096 May 31 07:22 liveĭrwxrwxrwx 1 me staff 4096 May 31 07:22 syslinuxĭrwxrwxrwx 1 me staff 4096 May 31 07:20 utils Unzip the downloaded zip archive to the root of the USB drive while maintaining the hierarchical directory structure contained within the zip archive, as shown in Terminal using ls -al: $ ls -al The output below from Terminal shows how it should look, although the disk number may vary on your system: $ diskutil list disk3 While the zip archive was downloading I prepared the USB drive in Disk Utility so it's a single FAT32 partition with an Master Boot Record.

I went to and clicked on alternative stable - 20200428-focal, then in the next window left 1, 2, 3 as set and clicked the DOWNLOAD button. Testing on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), as it's the oldest Mac I have access to today…

I am open to new ideas and appreciate suggestions that ultimately serve the goal & do not necessarily address the question. I am reluctant to experiment on machines that are not mine to satisfy intellectual curiosity. UPDATE: I do not have access to said target machine & it is not mine to experiment with as I please. I would prefer that advance experience inform me that it is not possible because of X,Y,orZ so I do not waste my limited time on the target machine.Īlthough I have performed the clone exercise with other methods, my curiosity prompts the question: the hope is that someone has actually performed the task with Clonezilla or knows enough to confidently claim Clonezilla is possible. My concern is that there is some obstacle to booting Clonezilla or other hurdle that would prevent upgradomg the HDD to a SDD. Is it possible to boot Clonezilla from a USB stick on a Mac (iMac 2007/Mac 7,1) to clone a mechanical HDD to a SDD? I do not have access to the target machine in my home / office and will have very limited amount of valuable time on the target machine.Īlthough there are reports of booting from USB, I am unable to find instances of booting a Mac from USB Clonezilla. The goal is to upgrade a Mac's hard drive to an SSD.

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