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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
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Resolved Can't boot my CCC disk image !
Hi everyone, I have a problem booting on my Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) disk image. It all started with me trying to have a look on Big Sur (stuck with catalina), but to prevent damage, I decided to clone my "Macintosh HD" volume and my "BOOTCAMP" volume with CCC on two distinct sparsebundle... -
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Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) Back Up Configuration
What is the best configuration to back up data with Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC)? Option 01: Copy original data to backup 01 Copy original data to backup 02 Copy original data to backup 03 Option 02: Copy original data to backup 01 Copy backup 01 to backup 02 Copy backup 02 to backup 03 I am...- Average Pro
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- backup data carbon copy cloner
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012 - Carbon Copy Cloner - Big Sur
Hello to all, I am writing to you for information. Currently on my MacBook Pro 13 ”Mid 2012 I have Big Sur Beta 9 installed. I must say that for being an unsupported MacBook Pro it works quite well and I am very happy because I can develop on IOS without problems. But I would like to update to...- vincenzo79
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- bigsurbeta10 carbon copy cloner macbook pro "13 mid 2012
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- Forum: macOS Big Sur (11)
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Bootable Clone (with CCC) 10.15.6 / Catalina still possible..?
CCC produced a message suggesting they no longer provide bootable clones as of 10.15.6 ... which I know just came out. Is it REALLY over..? I found a video which alleged that: Sync Folder Pro+ ... which it appears uses Rsync as the 'engine' but has an advanced wrapper which manages the...- TrumanLA
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- 10.15.6 apfs backups carbon copy cloner catalina disk utility hfs+ rsync ssd storage
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro mysteriously starting up from Carbon Copy Cloner backup
1 out of 2 times the mac pro is starting up from a CCC backup. That backup is not selected as the startup disc. The startup disc selected is "Mac Pro". The backup disc "MacProBU2" is not selected as the startup disc. I have checked CCC literature but find nothing about this. My workaround is... -
APFS Bug prevents Carbon Copy Cloner clonable backups
Bombich has a workaround in a beta, but this is BAD. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/28/apfs-bug-catalina-10-15-1-bootable-backups/- haralds
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- apfs bug carbon copy cloner
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Superduper Rocks--Cloning a Drive in Catalina, It'll Do That!
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- carbon copy cloner catalina hdd macbook superduper!
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner
Hello all! Hope you are all doing well. Firstly, I’m fairly clued up on Macs and the differences between Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner 5. My question is about backup and security. I’d like to backup my Mac and an external drive I’m using. I have a 2 TB LaCie drive and a 1 TB WD drive. If...- DuncanWWilson
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- backup carbon copy cloner ccc lacie time machine wd drive
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- Forum: macOS
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CCC vs TimeMachine vs Manual Backup?
CCC vs TimeMachine vs Manual Backup? I'm looking for best practices and backup strategies to backup my photos library, music library, and documents folder. Does CCC do incremental backups? Meaning that it will start with a base and incrementally backup only changes similar to Time Machine... -
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'No Access' issue booting from external drive.
Hi there! I have a 13" 2017 macbook pro, running High Sierra. I'm trying to boot a cloned Snow Leopard OS (Carbon Copy Cloner backup) from an external drive, but keep getting the 'Prohibited' / 'No Access' icon (see attached image) after I choose the drive in Startup Manager. I've tried this...- GerryO
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- 2017 carbon copy cloner macbook pro no access snow leopard
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Imac 5k 2018 model (MUSIC PRODUCTION)
I have an iMac 27 inch 5k 2018. This has a 1 TB fusion drive with a 24 GB of flash storage in it. This computer is used in a music studio and the hard drive performs terribly. It is excruciatingly slow. I was wondering if any one could help me with the following questions: Based on my... -
Testing Mojave before upgrading: possible to upgrade a bootable backup?
Hi everyone. I have an older Mac (early 2013 MBP), and I'd like to upgrade to Mojave from Sierra. My concern is, I've been working on an album of songs for nearly 2 years in Logic, and it would be pure hell if anything messed up those session files, with all their 3rd-party plug-ins, sample...- neonhallway
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- carbon copy cloner logic pro x mac os mojave
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- Forum: macOS
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Carbon Copy Cloner changed modified dates
HI I use Carbon Copy Cloner when I had to back from HS to S (because UI lag) BUT when I cloned again the SSD with the exactly same copy, I found out that all "modified dates" in finder had the same date, so this was very annoying and frustrating, as my default folders order is organized by... -
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Using a bootable clone while MacBook Pro is being repaired
Found out today I will need to ship my MacBook Pro (Late 2013) back to Apple to repair a bulging battery. I have a friend who loaned me an extra MacBook Air (Early 2015) that he allowed me to wipe clean and install OS X Sierra (same as my MacBook Pro). I have Time Machine backups of my machine...- dsburdette
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- bootable backup carbon copy cloner
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Used Mac - Do I need to Re-Install OSX?
Howdy! I just purchased a used iMac on eBay and I'm planning to clone my current hard drive (MBP) using CCCloner and then transfer it to the new (used) iMac. When I first turned the iMac on it walked me through the steps for setting up a brand new mac, so as far as I can tell, it came with a...- Mr. Monsieur
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- carbon copy cloner used imac
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- Forum: macOS
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Use CCC to create a bootable backup
I am running a MacBook Air that has been upgraded with a 1 TB SSD. It runs great. I have Parallels on the system running Windows 7 for several of my small business needs - Quicken, FileMaker Pro, TurboTax and Microsoft Office. The original drive is now in an enclosure that I want to use as a...- donl1150
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- bootable backup carbon copy cloner ccc
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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Does Time Machine back up the files stored in an encrypted .dmg?
Hey everyone, In order to hide my sensitive documents I've created an encrypted .dmg with Disk Utility and I've put them all in. Those documents exist nowhere else on my hard drive. When I use Time Machine to backup my HD, does TM automatically detect changes within that encrypted .dmg and...- qqurioustiger8945
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- backup carbon copy cloner disk utility dmg encrypted time machine veracrypt
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- Forum: macOS
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(RESOLVED) HELP, cannot boot from clone drive (MP2013)
I need help. Every reasonable person says that before upgrading to High Sierra a bootable clone drive of the previous OS should be made.:rolleyes: However presently, for reasons I don't understand, all my previous clones and any new one are not seen to boot from them with the option key.:eek: I...- Riwam
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- carbon copy cloner macpro late 2013 superduper! usb clone drive
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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FileVault2 and Carbon Copy Cloner
When CCC clones a Filevault2 encrypted drive is the clone also encrypted? And would it be encrypted if copied (cloned) back to a different computer?- fbx1989
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- carbon copy cloner ccc clone filevault2
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
