Carbon Copy Cloner blocked by Apple or just a bug?

[The Hammer]

I just read this Article on my phone about Carbon Copy Cloner being blocked by Apple for new users of CCC. Sorry if it has been posted already. But I did a search first. macos-10-15-5-bug

 

[jazz1]

Wow, I really like CCC. But I haven’t used it for a long time. It seemed to make a lot of sense over TimeMachine, or at least to back-up for an easy restoration. If it still works in 2020 I’ll probably update it, and start using another hard drive along with TimeMachine.

 

[The Hammer]

I wonder if the same issue would affect other similar programs such as SuperDuper.

 

[edubfromktown]

That would be foolish and shortsighted on Apple’s part...

CCC has been around for a long time and saved my arse countless times when Apple screwed the pooch on patches, updates and half baked time machine system restores.

 

[chrfr]

I wonder if the same issue would affect other similar programs such as SuperDuper.

It does affect SuperDuper as well.

Shirt Pocket Watch

 

[chscag]

The developer of CCC has already fixed the problem with version 5.1.18 (available today) and the developer of SuperDuper has stated a fix is coming soon.

 

[Weaselboy]

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APFS Bug in macOS 10.15.5 Catalina Impacts the Creation of Bootable Backups

An Apple File System bug has been discovered in macOS 10.15.5 Catalina that can prevent users from making a bootable clone of their system drive, according to the creator of Carbon Copy Cloner. In a blog post on Wednesday, software developer Mike Bombich explained that the CCC team had...

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