There are times when you need to make a “clone” of your Mac’s hard drive; Stellar Data Recovery’s Stellar Drive Clone 3.0 is a useful tool for doing this.

Clones provide a way to rollback your Mac OS X installation. You can keep your clone updated using synchronization software to perform incremental updates, and can use your clone to boot another Mac should the need arise. With Stellar Drive Clone, users can create clones of their existing drives and restore it on a brand new drive. The new drive can be used immediately without installing applications again.

Other useful features include creating an image of volumes and also creating a bootable disk which you can use to boot your system from in case of failure. With the backup feature you can back-up all folders and important files anytime. You can even choose to schedule regular backup and ensure it is maintained timely. The restore function allows you to easily restore drives to their original state in case of failure by restoring the image created earlier.

Now compatible with OS X Mavericks, Stellar Drive Clone 3.0 sports a complete overhaul of its interface. An advanced backup feature has been added to the new version through which automatic backup can be scheduled easily. The entire interface has received a complete revamp as well so that all features such as cloning, restoration, backup and imaging are easily accessible.

Stellar Drive Clone 3.0 is available as a try-before-buy software. The free version allows users to analyze the cloning options exhaustively. Through the full version, priced at US$39, users can create clones of the drives and volumes. Go to http://www.stellarinfo.com/ for more info.