Safety Net Carbon Copy Cloner

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Summary

Whenever you target a volume for use with Carbon Copy Cloner, there is a risk that some files will be removed for one legitimate reason or another. CCC offers options and warnings to protect your data from loss, but nothing can protect your data from a misuse of CCC or a misunderstanding of the functionality that it provides. Carbon Copy Cloner. By far one of the best backup software for Mac is the Carbon Copy Cloner. You can take full backup of your data with just three clicks with its simple interface. It creates an exact copy of your Mac’s internal drive through a bootable drive. You can create hourly, weekly, monthly, and yearly backups. Special Features.

Im using CCC to backup my 750 gb iTunes library onto a 1 tb external drive. Its now telling me that the external drive is full. I turned off and deleted the safety net, and set CCC to run a deletion pass first. I personally use Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) to backup my Mac. I keep at least 2-3 fairly recent clones in addition to my Time Machine backup, but 1 is enough if you are concerned with cost. My extra clones give me a little extra peace of mine, and I keep more frequent clones in a fire safe at home.

Carbon Copy Cloner v4.1.13 by Harvey Rubinstein Jan 2017

Website:http://bombich.com (been in business since 2002)

MSRP: $40

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System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.8 through 10.12.6

Overview & Conclusion

The purpose of CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) is to make bootable backups (full or incremental) on any schedule you desire.

I have no reservations in recommending CCC to any/all users, regardless of their skill level. Without doubt, CCC is a 5 star application!

Parenthetical: The developer of CCC, Mike Bombich, is himself a clone. Well, an identical twin…

Review Details

In the spirit of full disclosure, for several years I used the principal competitive product, SuperDuper! (SD), and always found it first-rate; both from a technical and support perspective.

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So why the change?

Well, the simple answer is that with the passage of time, and as my computer skills increased, I appreciated the extra capabilities CCC provided. But make no mistake, there are a few minor disadvantages; these are noted below.

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But before I go too far, be advised, comparing CCC with the competition harkens to “Printer Wars”. Some/much of your decision (CCC or SD) will boil down to what you, the user, prefer. But as for me, I find CCC superior to SD Of course, YMMV (your mileage may vary)!

Downloading and installing CCC is easy-peasy and the set-up is quite intuitive. And if you have questions, their tech support responds within a day or two; often within hours.

Pros

  • CCC supports cloning of the Recovery Partition (SD does not).

  • Can customize to NOT copy selected files.

  • If (during a backup) CCC encounters a corrupted file or files, it will 'keep on going', trying to clone all the “good” files, then give you a report when it’s finished. SD would abort this cloning.

  • It is ideal for all levels, from beginner to genius.

  • I find that cloning back required less “cleanup” than does SD.

  • CCC respects Energy Saver Settings (on laptops).

  • Preferences & settings are easy to understand.

  • There are both simple and advanced settings.

  • There is a Safety Net feature that allows archiving those files replaced/updated in the target drive. Users can determine how much, if any, space is dedicated to this feature.

  • You can copy a Windows partition (but it won't be bootable).

  • Free 30 day trial, try before you buy.

  • License is for every Mac in your household.

  • Easy to edit tasks and their schedules.

  • Easy to customize backups, run scripts, etc.

  • Has a shell script to unmount backup disks upon copy so malware cannot attack your backups.

  • It is a perfect compliment to Time Machine.

Cons

  • Clone History cannot be cleared per target volume. Rather, clearing the history clears all CCC History.
  • SuperDuper! has a SandBox feature which is very nice for software testing; CCC has no such feature.
  • SuperDuper! will backup a Time Machine, CCC will not.
  • SuperDuper! is $12.00 cheaper.

Other

  • Cloning time, via CCC or SD! is essentially identical.
  • I know of no drive size constraints.
  • Note: Not all hard drive enclosures are capable of booting Mac OS. Check with the manufacturer of your hard drive enclosure to verify that booting from the enclosure is explicitly supported.

I noticed that Carbon Copy Cloner doesn't delete folders and images you delete on your main drive.


This way you keep things you don't want on your backup drive and makes it full quicker.


How can I get Carbon Copy Cloner to keep the backup drive and the main drive exactly the same - also to delete files that I delete on the main drive.

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This way your backup drive gets full much faster (even if you delete the timemachine style deleted backups)

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Posted on Dec 6, 2015 12:26 PM