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@hoeveler@CaseySJ after many months of ignoring the step in your instructions for making a backup, I finally did so. I'm using an external USB 3.1 Gen 2 enclosure for an M2 SSD. This mydigitalssd M2X, to be precise. I have not yet attempted to boot directly from the M2 itself (i.e., removing from the enclosure and installing in one of the two M2 slots on my B550). But I have attempted to select the "EFI" showing up on my OpenCore boot selection when the M2 enclosure is connected to the USB-C port (XHC3.SSP1) - but it just went to black screen and never booted. Offhand do you think it should work directly from the M2? I'll try later tonight and see if it works, but I thought I'd ask, and maybe if there is anything that needs to be updated with the newest CCC version - I noticed the UI in the newer CCC has slightly different wording but the steps were still easy to follow.
I'll butt in with suggestions. Yes, you should be able to boot from the USB3 enclosure if the clone has been properly created. Don't select the EFI in the OC picker, but the clone drive icon itself. The startup EFI has already been loaded when the OC picker is displayed.
I have found that the name of the cloned drive displayed in OC picker may be the same as the original source drive which is confusing.
Since you are using the latest CCC version you are using Big Sur, and CCC will not automatically clone the System folder on the first clone to the external drive. When setting up the new backup "Task" you must right-click on the destination drive icon and select "Legacy Bootable Backup Assistant..." then in the displayed window select to let CCC erase the external backup drive. When the task is run the first time the external drive gets the System folder cloned to it. (All of this is explained in the well-written CCC help files.)
You may have done the first clone properly if the icon for the external drive is displayed in the OC picker.
I hope that helps a little.