Does anyone know what cloning software is currently available for 10.3.9 and out there? Super Duper worked when I tried it on Tiger and Leopard, but I discovered that it is incompatible with 10.3.9. I have an HD on Slave Drive Tiger that I need to clone. My Tiger startup installation discs are history, and the primary drive 10.3.9 is the drive I’m cloning from within.
Cloning macOS 10.3.9 (Panther) is not as straightforward as cloning more modern macOS versions, mainly because the tools available today may not support such an old operating system natively. You can try to use Disk Utility to clone the drive on Mac:
- Launch Disk Utility from /Applications/Utilities/.
- Select the disk or volume you want to clone from (the source disk).
- Choose the “Restore” tab.
- Select the destination drive where you want to clone the OS (such as an external drive).
- Click Restore to start the cloning process. This will copy the contents of the source drive to the destination drive, including macOS 10.3.9.
Another option is creating a disk image of your macOS 10.3.9 installation. To do this:
- Open Disk Utility.
- Select your system drive and click New Image.
- Save the image file to an external disk.
- This creates a compressed backup of your system that can be restored later.
If Disk Utility is not sufficient or you want more control over the cloning process, you can use third-party tools like:
- Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) – a popular and reliable cloning tool, but it may require using an older version to work with macOS 10.3.9.
- SuperDuper! – another cloning tool that works similarly to Carbon Copy Cloner.
You would download an older version of these tools and follow their instructions to clone the disk to another drive.