How to Clone a USB Drive on a Mac

Need help copying or cloning a USB flash drive on your Mac?

"I want to clone my Toshiba USB flash drive to another identical flash drive in full. I tried using Disk Utility but the cloning process always fails when selecting the target disk. What other way should I resort to clone a flash drive?"

You can clone a drive on a Mac using Disk Utility, and the proper steps for doing so are as follows.

Drag the target disk to the “Destination” pane. Then, drag the source disk to the “Source” pane and double-click Start.

How to Quickly Clone Everything on a USB Drive to Your Mac

If you're looking for a more direct way to clone a USB flash drive to another device, download the Todo Backup tool for Mac. According to customer reviews, it's the fastest way to clone files, images, apps, and settings, as well as an operating system from a bootable USB flash drive to a target storage device.

Using a cloning tool is more convenient than disk utilities, and less likely to result in a failed, stuck, or paused clone.

?Further Reading: The Easiest USB Clone Tool to Clone USB Sticks on Windows

Guide: How to Clone a USB on Mac Using Cloning Software

Please note that the Todo Backup for Mac tool runs seamlessly on Mac OS X versions starting from 10.9 and the latest macOS Sierra. Now, connect both USB flash drives to your Mac via the USB ports and proceed with the tutorial.

Step 1: On the main interface of Todo Backup for Mac, located on the top-left corner, select the fourth option “Disk Clone”.

Step 2: Select the USB flash drive you want to clone as the source disk from the drop-down list.

Step 3. In the drop-down list, select another empty USB flash drive as the target disk.

Step 4: Set disk clone properties. Here, you can exclude files or folders as needed.

Step 5: Finally, click the “Start” button to perform the cloning operation.