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CCC also now offers an opt-out option when a scheduled backup is set to begin and a particular volume is mounted-helpful if you're you're in the middle of an intensive task and need to wrap it up before a backup task begins.Ĭarbon Copy Cloner has been a handy piece to have in an OS X toolbox since its release, and with continued improvements, it's prepared to stay that way. There is a reason why I used it as my default backup before getting this new NAS. Oh yeah, if we were talking about a backup to external SSD's then CCC blows Time Machine out the water, if nothing else for the ability to boot from clones. Permissions of backups have been adjusted to allow admins to work with archival folders and target disk images. Carbon copy cloner with its vast majority of features and proper scheduler. Do not erase the 64GB until you are sure everything is perfect. This will make an exact copy of your system drive, and then like above you can copy the EFI folder from the 64GB to the 250 GB and then it would be bootable. I have already cloned the hard drive using Carbon Copy Cloner using a NewerTech Voyager S3 and I also have what I believe to be a valid Time machine backup. n3oNLit3 said: I recommend SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner 'CCC'. A Leopard-only bug that prevented scheduled backups after a reboot has been squashed. The corrupted iMac is powered down as is the Time Machine waiting for the new device. The 3.1 release also includes numerous improvements and bug fixes. This highly-recommended utility has been updated to use the latest version of rsync, offering a significant improvement when using "Copy selected items."
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Plus, when it is time to increase the size of my OS drive, CCC makes it a snap.Mike Bombich, friendly developer of various helpful utilities like LoginWindow Manager and NetRestore, has released an update to his more well-known backup utility Carbon Copy Cloner. Personally I use CCC, I don't like TM running 24/7 and not giving me checksum confirmations or allowing me the flexibility and scheduling I need from CCC. And runs only when you launch it or schedule it to run.
There's nothing in the wold of backing up and archiving it can't do. You can customize CCC and schedule it as you wish. There I have been a few occasions over the past years when I needed to recover. One is a back up of my MacBook, one a backup of my Music Library and one that backs up both. Then I have three different SSD that use Carbon Copy Cloner.
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Which is what cloning does.Ĭarbon Copy Cloner is full featured backup software and can do it all. One is a Time Machine Backup that covers both my MacBook and Music Library which is on an external drive. It must be "blessed", permissions set properly, hidden files configured properly, etc. A straight backup of your OS drive will not boot, as you can't just drag and drop the OS to another drive and expect it to work. A clone is OS drive specific (in use) and can create a duplicate drive that will boot. Append adds on to the backup only what has changed on the drive since the last backup. Straight just backs up the drive's data (or specific files/folders). Indexing ensures that backups happen quickly. Backups are recorded as snapshots on a calendar (just like Time Machine) and can take place on local drives or networked Macs.
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There are three different things we're talking about here. Time Machine on Steroids: Carbon Copy Cloner (39.99) Carbon Copy Cloner is a jack-of-all-trades backup tool that presents itself as a more powerful version of Time Machine. Time Machine is a free built-in backup software which copies Mac disk contents to external storage. There have been 5 updates within the past 6 months. It runs 24/7, verifying your drives every 12-15 minutes or so. Preserve your data and the operating systems data impeccably on a bootable volume. It does one initial backup, then appends to that backup. I'm not that versed in TimeMachine since I haven't used it in ages, so no clue if you can boot from it. TimeMachine is super basic, and backup app for the casual user.