Best method to clone data on a hfs drive to my xfs unraid array?

I'm aware of unassigned devices and the plugins so that I can connect a couple of my hfs+ (Mac) formatted drives to my unraid server. What I could do with guidance is how to clone the data to my unraid array (xfs) so that I can then format the hfs drives and add them to the array. I'm aware that there are incompatibilities between the two disk formats/operating systems (Mac and Linux), although I'm unsure to what extent it goes and also depends on the format the disks are - hfs journaled but NOT case sensitive.

I'm pretty sure about some issues such as illegal characters (:, |, etc) unraid and Mac aliases but not sure if there are any further hurdles to jump?

I tried to get AI to assist me and it offered a way to convert aliases into symbolic links. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that’s a good idea because it means that the links won’t break when transferred onto unraid. I did try to run the script that AI gave me but I’m unsure as to whether it was successful.

Any advice and guidance, or information to correct my misunderstandings, is appreciated as I am still learning about and unraid how to get data across et cetera.

I’d appreciate:

1) a correct script that I can run from unread command prompt that will convert my ideas into symbolic links, if that is the best method to go about this, which also includes a report of success and failures.

2) the best method for cloning the data across to my unread array so that I can be fully confident that it has completed successfully and have not lost or corrupted any data so that I can then add the discs to the array and expand my storage capacity.

3) anything else that I haven’t thought of yet that could be useful.

I appreciate your time and wisdom on these matters, thank you to anyone who replies.

Edited February 18, 20251 yr by Steve-o77
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