It should be easy, but the problem is many online tutorials are now out of date, over-simplified or just plain wrong.Īt the time of writing, if you type “raspberry pi sd card backup mac” into Google, the number one result is a Medium article that starts out by admitting it doesn’t even do what the title says! Perhaps you need to clone a working installation so you can use it in your new Raspberry Pi 3 or Raspberry Pi Zero W. Or perhaps your Raspbian configuration is now just so slick that you just want to clone it for all your new projects.

Maybe you’re worried about a tiny micro SD card getting damaged or corrupted, or just lost. There are plenty of reasons for wanting to backup and clone your Raspberry Pi SD card. This tutorial will explain everything step-by-step, easily and safely.

Do you struggle to remember how to backup a Raspberry Pi SD card on your Mac? Have you ever found it difficult to identify the physical device on the command line? Do you find online tutorials gloss over important details, or are just plain wrong?

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