macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive • Hacker News Board

Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 1:50 AM UTC

sam1r wrote: post #10

a2tech wrote: post #5

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This is from the SuperDuper backup folks. SuperDuper is a tool that you can use to make bootable backups of your macOS system. Apple took away the ability for 3rd party tools to manipulate the OS and copy it to another partition/drive and took it upon themselves to provide that functionality via a utility. That utility is apparently non-functional in 15.2. So that breaks SuperDuper's ability to make a nice, clean, bo…

Is this something intentional that Apple has publicly stated in some realm? AFAIK, in that case, maybe it's just a bug that they're planning to fix...

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Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by sam1r » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 1:50 AM UTC

sam1r wrote: post #10

a2tech wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is from the SuperDuper backup folks. SuperDuper is a tool that you can use to make bootable backups of your macOS system. Apple took away the ability for 3rd party tools to manipulate the OS and copy it to another partition/drive and took it upon themselves to provide that functionality via a utility. That utility is apparently non-functional in 15.2. So that breaks SuperDuper's ability to make a nice, clean, bo…

Is this something intentional that Apple has publicly stated in some realm? AFAIK, in that case, maybe it's just a bug that they're planning to fix...

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Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by sam1r » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 1:51 AM UTC

sleepybrett wrote: post #9

therein wrote: post #3

It also kernel panics if you power down external monitor but keep HDMI connected or have an HDMI output device that is powered off. It was a great out-of-the-box experience for my new MacBook Pro.

I do not have this problem, I do this every night.

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Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by chris_wot » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 1:52 AM UTC

sam1r wrote: post #12

sam1r wrote: post #10

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Is this something intentional that Apple has publicly stated in some realm? AFAIK, in that case, maybe it's just a bug that they're planning to fix...

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Oh, my heart bleeds for Apple.

Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by chris_wot » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 1:54 AM UTC

sam1r wrote: post #13

sleepybrett wrote: post #9

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I do not have this problem, I do this every night.

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Why would you think that?

Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by a1o » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 1:54 AM UTC

sam1r wrote: post #12

sam1r wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this something intentional that Apple has publicly stated in some realm? AFAIK, in that case, maybe it's just a bug that they're planning to fix...

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Well, Apple has a super weird bug tracker that you can report stuff but you are kept super in the dark - I remember reporting Safari bugs in the early days of WASM and it was zero communication until the bug got fixed.

Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by xyst » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 1:55 AM UTC

Apple just can’t add features to their OS without breaking existing ones. Probably used Apple Intelligence to QA the OS release.

Steve Jobs would be disgusted at what his company has become. “Just works”, my ass

Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by SSNLF » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 2:08 AM UTC

tldr; sudo asr restore --source and all tools that just call that are no longer viable.

Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by nerflad » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 2:10 AM UTC

xyst wrote: post #17

Apple just can’t add features to their OS without breaking existing ones. Probably used Apple Intelligence to QA the OS release. Steve Jobs would be disgusted at what his company has become. “Just works”, my ass

I understand why you're getting downvoted but I also am in some form of agreement with the sentiment/hope they don't lose sight that they are pretty much keeping the dream of the consumer UNIX vendor alive.

Re: macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive

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Post by sam1r » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 2:16 AM UTC

jamestnz wrote: post #4

lxgr wrote: post #2

What is this about? I seem to be missing a lot of context. > Apple broke the replicator. What's the replicator? > What this means is this: until Apple fixes the bug, you'll have to use "Backup - all files" with "Smart Update" to copy everything but the OS. Use that where? Is that an option in some macOS tool?

The article's author seems to be part of the team behind the Mac disk-cloning/backup utility, SuperDuper. https://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescriptio...

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