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It’s a terrific tool if you wish to take cloning your Mac to more advanced levels.įor more information, visit the Bombich website.Īnd if you are looking for other ways to back up your Mac, check out our article about alternative software for Time Machine. Thereafter, it’s $40 or $20 for an upgrade. The most important advanced tools I’ve uncovered are: Worth Considering #Ĭarbon Copy Cloner 6 is free to try for 30 days. Otherwise, you’re good to go at this point. Advanced Tools #Ĭarbon Copy Cloner 6 includes some advanced tools worth considering if you’re the type of person who likes to dig deeper into how software titles work. Once you’re comfortable with your backup and schedule, click Save at the bottom right. Generally, it’s important to back up everything unless there’s an important reason not to do so. (If you set “Daily,” it’s already set to repeat every day.)Whether to limit the task from only running between certain hours of the day.Run the task immediately after the external drive re-appears.įor the latter, you’ll want to select Task Filter to exclude items from being saved through the backup process.
The next steps are to determine what happens during each backup and whether to exclude files. The following are a combination of tasks you should follow and best practices based on my experience using the software.įrom there: Establishing Settings and Restrictions # There are different ways to clone your Mac with Carbon Copy Cloner 6.
It’s up to you.īesides these features, I also discovered that Carbon Copy Cloner 6 is fast on both macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey. For a bonus, you can assign scheduled backups to run only on weekdays, weekends, or certain times of the day.Smart Updates means only added, or updated files get backed up.Receive notifications about backup processes through the macOS Notification Center or email, or both.
Along the way, you’ll discover various features Bombich says, “you wish Time Machine did (and more!).”įlexible backup options make it possible to create a backup on your external drive or another Mac, or simply an individual folder or an entire external hard drive.Snapshots make it possible to bring back files you thought were lost forever.The app’s Dashboard tracks the space consumed by snapshots on your disks while also providing one-click access to starting, stopping, and monitoring your tasks alongside details about recent task activity.Scheduled backups mean you can have your data backed up on your time, whether that’s hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. It allows you to create a one-time clone of your complete Mac and perform regular backups. Created by Bombich, Carbon Copy Cloner 6 has two purposes.
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