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MacOS Terminal for Backup and clone raspberry pi SD Card
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Backup Procedure:

Check disk -> unmount disk -> Backup SD Card -> Eject

Clone Procedure:

Check disk -> unmount disk -> Format card -> unmount disk -> Clone SD Card -> Eject

MacOS Command Line

  • Check disk diskutil list

  • unmount disk sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk4

  • Format card sudo diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 SDCARD MBRFormat /dev/disk4

  • Backup SD Card sudo dd bs=4m if=/dev/disk4 | gzip > ~/Downloads/pi_kk_20200531.img.gz

  • Clone SD Card gunzip --stdout ~/Downloads/pi_kk_20200531.img.gz | sudo dd bs=4m of=/dev/disk4

  • Eject sudo diskutil eject /dev/disk4

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