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Does anyone have experience of using the "Sandbox" feature in Super Duper (drive cloning software), which lets you use a separate partition to boot from, while maintaining the original boot volume? I am thinking this would be really handy for trying out updates, kexts etc, without having to image the whole system partition back if something gets broken.
In brief: you set up a second partition, say you call it 'Sandbox', to which Super Duper then copies your system files, leaving your applications and user data on your main system volume. You can then boot from the 'Sandbox' partition, and all your apps and data are available (some sort of linking back to the main system volume which I am yet fully to understand!)
If you want to try, for example, an OS update, you apply it to the Sandbox partition first, and if this goes smoothly, you can be fairly confident that it will be the same when applied to your main install, as the OS files are an identical copy.
(If you are using a partition on the same drive, obviously both rely on the Clover install on that physical drive to boot, so if Clover breaks it's less helpful. Always have a clone of your system drive on another drive as a backup. And a Unibeast boot USB, etc!)
I am relatively new to Hackintosh stuff; I got someone to help me set up my initial OS X install, back in the days of Mavericks, but now I'm feeling increasing pressure to update the OS! And I'm nervous about adding kexts, for example for USB 3 support. (Currently USB 3 is unreliable so I just don't use it 'cos I'm scared to change anything!)
So my plan is to set up a new SSD with Clover / El Capitan (the latest OS I am able to download with my current configuration), and I'm thinking of setting up a sandbox partition as part of that plan.
Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks!
In brief: you set up a second partition, say you call it 'Sandbox', to which Super Duper then copies your system files, leaving your applications and user data on your main system volume. You can then boot from the 'Sandbox' partition, and all your apps and data are available (some sort of linking back to the main system volume which I am yet fully to understand!)
If you want to try, for example, an OS update, you apply it to the Sandbox partition first, and if this goes smoothly, you can be fairly confident that it will be the same when applied to your main install, as the OS files are an identical copy.
(If you are using a partition on the same drive, obviously both rely on the Clover install on that physical drive to boot, so if Clover breaks it's less helpful. Always have a clone of your system drive on another drive as a backup. And a Unibeast boot USB, etc!)
I am relatively new to Hackintosh stuff; I got someone to help me set up my initial OS X install, back in the days of Mavericks, but now I'm feeling increasing pressure to update the OS! And I'm nervous about adding kexts, for example for USB 3 support. (Currently USB 3 is unreliable so I just don't use it 'cos I'm scared to change anything!)
So my plan is to set up a new SSD with Clover / El Capitan (the latest OS I am able to download with my current configuration), and I'm thinking of setting up a sandbox partition as part of that plan.
Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks!
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