Your Mac will restore the cloned backup and then restart once it is finished. Select your Mac's hard drive next to 'Restore to.'.Select the external hard drive that your cloned backup is stored next to 'Restore From.'.Click the Restore tab at the top of the Disk Utility window.You're Mac will boot into macOS Utilities. While the startup disc is waking up, hold down the Command and R keys simultaneously.Note: Because you have to enter Recovery mode on your Mac, I suggest printing out these instructions or switching to another device to read them. If you clone your Mac using a cloning program like Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner, you can restore your entire hard drive from a backup, and even create a bootable installer. How to restore your Mac from a local backup