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asr — Restore (copy) a disk image onto a volume. The command name stands for Apple Software Restore. More

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Problem

How to use the asr command: Restore (copy) a disk image onto a volume. The command name stands for Apple Software Restore. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/asr.8.html>.

Solution

asr — Restore (copy) a disk image onto a volume. The command name stands for Apple Software Restore. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/asr.8.html>.

Restore a disk image to a target volume:

sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}}

Erase the target volume before restoring:

sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}} --erase

Skip verification after restoring:

sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}} --noverify

Clone volumes without using an intermediate disk image:

sudo asr restore --source {{path/to/volume_file}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}}

Code Snippets

Restore a disk image to a target volume

sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}}

Erase the target volume before restoring

sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}} --erase

Skip verification after restoring

sudo asr restore --source {{image_file.dmg}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}} --noverify

Clone volumes without using an intermediate disk image

sudo asr restore --source {{path/to/volume_file}} --target {{path/to/volume_file}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/asr

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