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Carbon Copy Cloner or Time Machine?
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CCC is good only to directed connected drives but so Time Machine! At least back in Then during the Intel days you could boot from a DAS created from a CCC backup! Time Machine however is better at file reproduction you might accidentally delete the desktop and get it from time Machine connected drive!
It’s always good to have an extra backup. CCC backups are more reliable for restoring. Depending on your setup, CCC backups may also be bootable.
Ok, is it because you have it on different drives then or?
I want something that backups to offsite like OneDrive or similar
For offsite. Backblaze is a good deal. It might not be the fastest for restorations. I haven't compared restore speeds. But with Backblaze you have to wait for them to prepare a restore to download.
On the plus side it is cheap and will backup all internal and external drives. A lot of others exclude additional drives without additional fees.
I see it more as an emergency backup. In case something happens locally like a fire or theft. You'll have a backup. Even if it may take a little while to prep a download. While you keep a local backup for quick restores.
What I don't like about something like Google Backup. Is you have to choose directories or types to backup. Backblaze simply backs up everything. Excepting the standard built in exclusions or exclusions you add. I think it's better to have to choose to not to backup something than to have to remember what to add.
Yes they are on different drives.
The TM sits next to my Mac, whereas the CCC sits in an external garage and brought in only to do the monthly backup.
Funnily enough I also have all my data on OneDrive.
You can also TM backup to multiple drives.
Personally, I use TM to a NAS and have cloud backups of documents and other important data.
Time Machine (for retrieving accidentally deleted files etc), CCC (bootable clones), Crashplan (offsite clones, also works like Time Machine to restore files).
I have all of our systems backed up to TimeMachine - both on a TimeCapsule upgraded to 10TB and a much larger Synology NAS. The nice thing about network backup is you do not think about it. It generally "just works."
The nice part about TimeMachine is the easy and quick way to look at the file or folder history and recovery in that context. Why do I use both? I had the TimeCapsule set up before the NAS and decided just to leave it humming. My wife does not always look to see whether backups are still happening, if one of them fails for some reason there is a second.
CCC is much faster for a full restore. So I use that on a periodic basis to a USB-C attached drive.
The nice part about TimeMachine is the easy and quick way to look at the file or folder history and recovery in that context. Why do I use both? I had the TimeCapsule set up before the NAS and decided just to leave it humming. My wife does not always look to see whether backups are still happening, if one of them fails for some reason there is a second.
CCC is much faster for a full restore. So I use that on a periodic basis to a USB-C attached drive.
I just recently purchased M1 mini and was little disappointed that I cannot make bootable backups like in past with other macs I had. I am using Time Machine only for regular backups. CCC only backs up the Data Volume on M1 macs. Is there any benefit of having both? In case of hard drive failure, one can restore from either back up, isn't it? Please correct me if I am wrong
I'm not a huge fan of TimeMachine so have been looking at alternatives for backing up to a Linux NAS. It doesn't appear CCC will perform fully automatic backups to the NAS - please correct me if I'm wrong.
I found this article which has some useful information.
tengl.net
He has similar requirements to me and uses Arq Backup, which is something that I haven't heard of before. It interested my because it can backup using sftp, which means no need to mount network drives.
www.arqbackup.com
Does anyone use this and can comment on their experiences with it?
I found this article which has some useful information.
Backing Up My Mac in 2020, Revisited - Teng’s Blog
Two months ago, I decided to give my Mac’s backup plans a serious look. I was gonna settle with C...
He has similar requirements to me and uses Arq Backup, which is something that I haven't heard of before. It interested my because it can backup using sftp, which means no need to mount network drives.
Cloud backup software for Mac and Windows : Arq
Does anyone use this and can comment on their experiences with it?
What do you mean by "fully automatic"? I have CCC jobs scheduled to make my backups to a Synology NAS as well as a Mac Mini server. Never have to do anything unless there's a problem which I get notified about.I'm not a huge fan of TimeMachine so have been looking at alternatives for backing up to a Linux NAS. It doesn't appear CCC will perform fully automatic backups to the NAS - please correct me if I'm wrong.
I found this article which has some useful information.
Backing Up My Mac in 2020, Revisited - Teng’s Blog
Two months ago, I decided to give my Mac’s backup plans a serious look. I was gonna settle with C...
He has similar requirements to me and uses Arq Backup, which is something that I haven't heard of before. It interested my because it can backup using sftp, which means no need to mount network drives.
Cloud backup software for Mac and Windows : Arq
Does anyone use this and can comment on their experiences with it?
Tried Arq but I didn't care for it. Can't remember what specifically I didn't like but YMMV.
Time Machine works very well for me with wireless auto backups to my NAS, and direct from external drive restores.
By 'fully automatic', I mean not having to manually connect to the NAS drive. How does it communicate with your NAS?
I don't use Time machine and I prefer to make non incremental snapshots on a couple of external storage devices that I alternate with.
I am using CCC 6.04-b2 with my M1 24" iMac with MacOS12 Beta 9. The developer is highly active on maintaining the product and responding to questions/issues.
I am using CCC 6.04-b2 with my M1 24" iMac with MacOS12 Beta 9. The developer is highly active on maintaining the product and responding to questions/issues.
see https://bombich.com
I use CCC on one external SSD drive - generally before any OSX updates/upgrades etc.
Time Machine on another external SSD - I run this manually every so often as the automatic schedule is just too often for me. I know i can install a utility ti alter the automatic schedule but I'm fine with running a manual backup whenever I need it.
I also have a manual backup of my documents etc on my NAS.
Time Machine on another external SSD - I run this manually every so often as the automatic schedule is just too often for me. I know i can install a utility ti alter the automatic schedule but I'm fine with running a manual backup whenever I need it.
I also have a manual backup of my documents etc on my NAS.