Ever since I built my Hackintosh I have been told that the best defence against messing things up is to clone the HD.
It has always been my intention to install a fresh copy of OS X, then clone it so as I move forward to experiment/ install programs , I have a fresh copy to fall back on.
The problem is, whenever I've tried this, it has resulted in disaster.
First, what often happens is that I have not idea what setting so pick. I just go wi the default and hope for the best.
Second, more times than not it will error leaving me with a non-cloned drive.
The worst issue though is that every time I've tried to clone the drive, it messes with permissions which basically wrecks a perfectly good install.
The day before yesterday in preparation for El Capitan, I used a recommended clone software. The result was the permissions were so messed up I could start mail, photoshop, and about 8 other programs. The Nvidia drivers would no longer load and my iCloud stopped verifying iMessage.
I had to set all permissions to read/write in bulk to get things working, but ended up scrapping the entire install, which was working perfectly.
The sad thing is, even if I were to get a clone, I have no idea what to do with it. If I want to restore a blank drive, what do I even do?
Needless to say, I have had no luck with cloning. I have a fresh install of El Capitan which I would love to clone, but if it messes up everything I wont be happy.
Anyone have any advice?
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