I have been using ARQ5 to backup a Mac, but struggling to understand how it works and would appreciate answers for the following elementary questions.
Q1) I had used time machine backup to restore my Mac several times. Each time, all the applications worked, which is important to me as I don’t have license key codes for some of them. If I have to re-install apps, which I have no key code or license key, those apps will not work again.
Using ARQ, what folders of the Mac I should backup such that the restore from backup will preserve all the apps and their key codes just like the time machine would, that is without the need to input license keys for the apps? Would it work, if I omit /System, but back up all other folders?
Q2) I had used mac’s disk utilities to clone the internal Macintosh HD to an external drive. Afterward, the external drive was bootable and worked just like the internal MHD. If I use ARQ to back up the full Macintosh HD, is this ARQ backup a clone just like the one created by using the disk utilities? If not, why?
Q3) For ARQ6 and ARQ7, do answers for the above change?
Q4) ARQ 6 supports snapshots. Are these snapshots the same as the time machine local snapshots? If, yes, could they be used to restore the Mac to the system state at the time when the specific snapshot was taken?
Thank you in advance.