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In general, I suggest USB-C/3 or later SSDs, yes. Slower drives *can* work, though...and remember, a drive does not have to be bootable to be restorable...
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I have always assumed if I can't boot up from a backup then I can't re-install the backup over an existing internal boot drive that has become perhaps corrupted. Having a bootable clone makes the process so fast and generally trouble free. If I backup my M3 MBP14 to an HDD, and it isn't bootable how do I restore my MBP from the non bootable HDD? |
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The OS cannot be copied into an Apple silicon Mac - only out. It always has to be either installed (from Recovery) or a recovery image needs to be installed by Configurator (which may become easier someday with firmware support).
As such, all full restores on Apple silicon are done by clean installing the OS, then -- when prompted -- selecting the backup to restore. That backup can either be a "full" bootable copy with an OS, or it can be a "Backup - all files" with "Smart Update" - basically, a full copy of the Data volume, without an OS (since the OS doesn't get restored anyway).
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From the first part of your previous answer, quoted above, you appear to recommend using a SSD over a HDD as the backup hard drive for an Apple silicon Mac. If using a SSD or a HDD result in the same non bootable backup why do you suggest a SSD is a better choice for a backup hard drive, beyond file copy speed/time?
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General reliability along with speed, and you're more likely to have a bootable copy on SSD.
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