Notice that since we did a block level copy the Volume Name was also copied.

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The Mac OS X install CD contains a lot of printer Drivers, Language Packages, and X11 tools.

Looking over the size information of the image, we see the following.

So our minimum possible size is (13158272 512) 6737035264 bytes.

The reason for this is because the sparse image is not defragmented.

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This is discussed in How to reclaim allmost free space from a sparsebundle on OS X.

If you have access to iDefrag then you can use that to defragment the Sparse Image to reclaim more space, or we can create a smaller Sparse Image and copy the contents manually.

First check to make sure the source is smaller than the destination.

OS X Recovery lets you repair disks or reinstall OS X without the need for a physical install disc.

Since OS X Recovery is built into your Mac, its always there when you need it.

And you dont have to search through original packaging to find install DVDs to get your Mac back up and running.

Just hold down Command-R during startup and OS X Recovery springs into action.

It lets you choose from common utilities: You can run Disk Utility to check or repair your hard drive, erase your hard drive and reinstall a fresh copy of OS X, or restore your Mac from a Time Machine backup.

You can even use Safari to get help from Apple Support online.