"macOS 15.2 was released a few days ago, with a surprise. A terrible, awful surprise."

[anonymouse1]

If you're interested in a speedy restore and a bootable clone isn't available, couldn't you install a system onto a non-bootable clone?

Robert M wrote:
Matt and Clay,

For me, a bootable clone is as much about having a backup of my machine as it is for reducing downtime. Restoring a Mac fro9m a Time Machine backup can be time consuming. That's an issue if you need your machine in proper working order in a timely manner. Clones allow this. You can't say that about restoring from a Time Machine backup.

Robert

[Robert M]

Anon

Possibly but I don’t think it’d work properly. At best, I might be able to install a fresh version of the OS onto a separate drive and then use Migration Assistant to bring everything from the data backup to that drive. I definitely wouldn’t try to install an OS directly onto the backup of the data drive. I din’t trust the installer to handle it properly. It’d be way too much of a risk of losing the data.

Robert