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Transferring files on HDD to new HDD. Will the new HDD be defragmented?
I have an external mass storage 18TB volume for Plex. I formatted that as APFS and I am having issues. I have another 18TB HDD and want to format it as HFS and copy all files over. What is the best way to insure the files are written without fragmentation. I am pretty sure they are highly...- Johnny Jackhammer
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- apfs carbon copy cloner copy files hfs+ super duper
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Carbon Copy Cloner Restore
Coach needed for Carbon Copy Cloner. I have a backup, but I can’t figure out how to restore it. I think I might not have created it correctly.- UPPERCASE
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- backup carbon copy cloner ccc macos sierrra
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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Carbon Copy Cloner clone icloud upload
MacBook Pro 14" M1 Ventura v13.4.1 Carbon Copy Cloner v6.1.6 Created clone by doing CCC Legacy Standard Backup, then installing Ventura to that volume. Clone boots ok, but it then wants to upload all my icloud folders & files to icloud. Why? Random check of dates, times, & sizes does not...- Uncle Bill
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- carbon copy cloner carboncopycloner clone icloud
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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Carbon Copy Cloner - Snapshots / Backups and Ransomware infections
Hello all, I hope that this is the right forum section I am looking at a backup solution and most of my research concludes that one of the best options is Carbon Cope Cloner, a software by bombich. As they state on their website, the app offers "Snapshots - Bring back files that you thought... -
Carbon Copy Cloner rescue USB stick / add app to macOS USB installer?
Hello, having learned to appreciate the Acronis bootable USB sticks in the Windows world, I've been looking for something similar for the Mac. I'd like to have a bootable "rescue" USB stick containing a compatible and working version of Carbon Copy Cloner to restore a CCC backup (dmg) to the... -
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Can't downgrade 16" MBP from Monterey to Catalina with Carbon Copy Cloner due to bad Bombich instructions, help!
Hey folks, been trying since yesterday to downgrade 16" MBP 2019 Monterey to Catalina. I have a Carbon Copy Cloner (been using for years) but first time I have to downgrade. Bombich provided me incomplete instructions before they left for the weekend, and I'm was hoping this was a 1 hour...- tomekinc
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- carbon copy cloner downgrade mbp 16" 2019
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Sorbet R15 & CCC - My old apps are gone
Finally, I have a guts to install Sorbet R15 thru CCC. I followed the instruction in the process from this site (hopefully I was right). It seemed that my old application went away. The application folder in my updated R15 is like a newly installed OS...:( I have to re-install it one by one...- flatjuba
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- carbon copy cloner sorbet 15 sorbet leopard
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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Kernel Panics & Automatic Rebooting
Hi Macrumors! I am a long time macOS user and have encountered something I never saw before. I am using two external WesternDigital Drives since 2 years. One is a myBook and one a myBook Duo. They are connected with USB. Everything worked flawlessly. I used CarbonCopyCloner to automatically...- cucumberpanic
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- carbon copy cloner kernel macos monterrey western digital
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- Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
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2019-20 iMac 27" - Monterey 12.3 -bootable backups still possible?
I've read a fair bit about this and still don't know the answer, so I ask in plainest way--can a bootable backup be made from this 2019-20 iMac 27" running Monterey 12.3? I can use CCC or SuperDuper, or any alternative commercially available as long as it's simple to use. For years I used... -
Questions about File Vault and backup routine?
Hi everybody, I'm planning on turning File Vault, but I don't know if it will mess up my backup routine. Currently, I do 4 backups a week of my entire macOS partition to an encrypted sparse image on an external drive, which gets backed up to another encrypted sparse image on my NAS on Sundays...- Fallinangel
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- carbon copy cloner file vault
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Time Machine no longer working for me: replace with Carbon Copy Cloner or Chronosync or ?
TLDR: I can no longer trust Time Machine and need a recommendation for a replacement that does the exact same thing; scheduled incremental backups of multiple volumes that keep as many older daily, weekly and monthly versions as the volume can hold, with automatic pruning, simple browsing of... -
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Backups, Carbon Copy Cloner, and Time Machine
Hi, I have a few questions about Backups, Carbon Copy Cloner, and Time Machine. Any insight greatly appreciated! I’ve been using Time Machine to backup the two Mac laptops in my house, and Carbon Copy Cloner for (non-versioned) bootable clones, weekly and before OS updates. I’m now thinking of... -
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Carbon Copy Cloner Not Recognizing External Drive
I recently updated CCC to version 6.0.5 since upgrading my Mac to Big Sur. I have 2 identical WD Elements drives. I keep one drive in the safety deposit box at the bank and do regular backups and swap drives regularly. With the older version of CCC I was able to have CCC see both drives as... -
Carbon Copy Cloner restore question
1. How does this work: if I have a CCC backup of my Mac from a computer with an older version of the OS than the new Mac that I want to restore. Is this possible to do? I also have a T.M. backup, but I've found restoring or migrating from T.M. to a new computer to be a less than flawless... -
Carbon Copy Cloner. How to properly setup "dual use"
Dear friends, I have bought a license to CCC v6 for my 2020 M1 Mac mini with 256GB SSD. I have setup a daily backup of the whole disk to an external 500GB SSD, and would use this backup in case the mini completely crashed to restore the system (even though I still need to read if/how I can... -
Big trouble to copy a Time machine folder via Finder
I try to copy via Finder a Time Machine folder (Backups.backupdb) from an external physical volume to another external volume. First I tried to copy it to a sparse bundle, but I got a strange "The destination has not enough space" error (although sparse bundles can grow as needed and the... -
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CCC and Failing External Hard Drive
(MBP 2018 15” running Monterey) If anyone has any knowledge of CCC/backing up a failing hard drive please help I believe my external hard drive is beginning to fail, so I am attempting to back it up to a new one before it fails completely (i know, I should have done it sooner..) The original...- alex.ranee
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- backup drive carbon copy cloner ccc clone disk external had drive macbook pro
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Permissions problem after changed/cloned user folder HD
Hi, My MacMini's userfolder is on an external SSD, MacOS (Mojave) is on the internal drive. For black friday, I bought a larger SSD to replace my existing user folder SSD. I cloned the entire drive with Carbon Copy Cloner. Then restarted into recovery mode, to rename the new SSD to the same... -
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External HD/Carbon Copy Cloner Help
Hi all, I have been having issues with my external hard drive lately. I have a 2018 15” Macbook Pro running Monterey. My external HD has become extremely slow when loading, opening, transferring files, etc. but runs flawlessly when I use it at school on bigger iMacs. I have tried resetting the...- alex.ranee
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- backup backup hard drive carbon copy cloner ccc external external hard drive external hd external hd issues macbook pro monterey
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Nice deal on Samsung T7 SSD 1TB for Backing up your Mac
The Samsung T7 SSD 1TB in gray, blue and red is available from Amazon at the lowest price it has ever been @ $129. Looks like it is an early Black Friday discount. This drive would be perfect as an APFS bootable clone or data only backup to use with Carbon Copy Cloner. And it would work quite...- fastmax
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- carbon copy cloner mac backup macbook pro 2021 ssd apfs
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- Forum: Mac Accessories
