

Using separate physical drives for the model system volume and the destination for the cloned system image will greatly speed up the disk image creation process.If you choose to create a compressed image, make sure to have roughly twice the amount of free space available on the creation volume as the amount of used space on the model system volume.

The cloned system image format must be read-only (optionally compressed) and not encrypted.Make sure to specify just the model system image volume, not the physical drive, as the source for the cloned system image.This will always build an image with zero additional free space, so you can restore it to any drive that’s larger than the system image contents. It’s usually best to choose a new Disk Image from Folder and then select the model system volume as the source.Here are a few tips to keep in mind when creating a cloned system disk image:
