[MacTUG] Suggestions for quickly restoring a test mac to a 'snapshot'

[Donald Duff-McCracken]

When I am building packages, there are times when I would like to reset my mac its ‘original’ state it was in before any software was installed. Currently I just reformat it and reinstall the OS which is time consuming.

I am considering using a mac VM with Parallels Destkop, but I would prefer a non-vm to have the test mac be more like the eventual clients. I know that some folks on campus have used “deep freeze” https://www.faronics.com/products/deep-freeze/mac but wonder if there are other alternatives.

Any suggestions?
Don

PS: Can you “reply all” if you have any suggestions as Mike is interested, too.

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Donald Duff-McCracken
Technical Services Manager
Mapping, Analysis & Design
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 x32151
https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-computing/about/people
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