[jettrue]

Originally Posted by dnanian

That mostly makes sense, jettrue. The only thing you don't have to do is the Option-boot: just choose the original startup disk using System Preferences' Startup Disk preference pane.

Thanks for the fast reply Dave, and for the clarification of the above.

Also, when you restart to the original when things are hunky-dory, you need to install/update before you update the Safety Clone: otherwise, the Safety Clone will be updated with the original system (which is fine if you want to roll it back, but in this case you indicated all was well).

I guess what I was actually asking to do is what is stated in the user's guide section as "unless you're certain you know what you're doing". I'm thinking it would be easier to update the original periodically as things are hunky-dory in the clone in case of a future error... less to re-install.

Finally, you probably don't need to name your backup "Macintosh HD" until you try to boot from it. I'm slightly concerned that, when you boot from the Safety Clone, the internal drive might show up after the external and the Safety Clone will point to the wrong volume. So, name it "Backup" for now, but rename if you want to test it (then, name it back to "Backup" when you're done testing).

I guess I was a little confused by this. From reading the forums, I've seen lots of suggestions to "name it the same as your original". Should it actually be the clone that is named the same as the original?

Thanks again!
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