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#98 APFS is cloned as RAW
I created an image of my hackintosh SSD, with a FAT32 partition and a APFS partition. (2017-09-27-15-img)
The software i used was clonezilla-live-2.4.7-8-amd64.iso
As you see below, the APFS partition was seen as RAW. I haven't tried restoring from it. Is Apple File System support a possible feature request?
Let me know if i can help, for example by sending a small APFS image.
Great. Thank you for sharing this. I have forwarded this to Thomas Tsai, the author of Partclone.
Steven
I have some good news on this subject. There is a compilable driver to mount the APFS device read-only.
https://github.com/sgan81/apfs-fuse#apfs-fuse-driver-for-linux
I've backed up and restored my hackingtosh succesfully for years now, using the RAW dd-cloned images. Works like a charm.
Last edit: Geert-Jan Uijtdewilligen 2020-08-29
Thank you very much for sharing that. Now what Thomas, the main developer of Partclone, needs is time only I believe.
Steven
Finally it has arrived. Thomas has released Partclone 0.3.20 and the APFS support is highly improved. Hence now Clonezilla can support APFS.
We have uploaded Clonezilla live 3.0.0-21 and 20220502-* to testing release:
https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php
Of course, since it's the initial support, please backup important data before you use.
Please give it a try and let us know the results if you can.
Thanks.
Steven
I just tested it out and made a clonezilla system backup of an APFS and it works now with partclone. How long will it take until the Clonezilla live 3.0.0-21 test version becomes a stable release?
Maybe in a few weeks. So please test more and report the results. When more people confirm this feature, we have more confidence to promote it to the stable release.
Thanks.
Steven