Update to 10.13.4

[Kylex427]

Hello, everyone!

I'm really wanting to update from 10.13.3 to 10.13.4, but I'm afraid it might wreck an already beautiful thing. I know a lot of people combat this fear by cloning their HDD that they can revert to in case something goes wrong.

My question: Can I create a clone of my SSD onto a USB thumb drive? Will this work in case something goes wrong with the update? If so, can you please explain to me how that would work?

I'm sorry for being a Hackintosh noob, but I need to learn this.

Very Respectfully,

Kyle

 

[trs96]

Use this script https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/eficlone-automatic-backup-of-the-efi-partition.246540/
with Carbon Copy Cloner. It would be best to use at least a mechanical HDD for the backup if you are not using APFS.
You can also use a 64 or 120 GB SSD for the backup. Flash drives are not really intended for complete system backups. They don't hold up well when writing many GBs of data to them frequently. You want to use a drive connected via a SATA connection if possible.

 

[Kylex427]

trs96,

Thank you so much for you help!