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 you'd lost forever! CCC can capture all your files exactly as they are at a moment in time. Restore files you accidentally deleted — or that were corrupted by malware."
Going deeper into this feature:
The Role of Snapshots in a Comprehensive Data Protection Strategy
There are several aspects of data protection that a backup aims to provide. Protection against:
...
Malicious file modification (e.g. malware/ransomware)
...
Full info via this link www.bombich.com/kb/ccc6/leveraging-snapshots-on-apfs-volumes
All of the above made me curious on how is it possible to restore files from an external HDD when your system is infected with a ransomware and all of your data are encrypted?
My usage scenario is based on the following structure.
Setup:
Internal SSD -> Various files and folders that i would like to backup daily
Ext. SSD -> Various files the i need frequent access and read and write speed is important
Ext. HDD A -> Files and Folders (mainly Archived projects and Lightroom catalogue)
Ext. HDD B -> Planning to use this HDD as the destination for backing up all of the above (Internal SSD, Ext. SSD, Ext. HDD A) via Carbon Copy Cloner on 12 hours intervals
I am on a Mac Studio running Ventura 13.3.1
All the hard drives are APFS formatted
I dont mind wiping the system and re installing the OS and the apps that i use in case of a disaster
Does any of you have a clear understanding how this mechanism works? I am struggling to understand how is possible to access data and do a "healthy data restore" from an external drive that has files that are infected with a ransomware.
Thank you in advance. If you need any more info please let me know.
thank you for your time.
Regards,
A.
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 you'd lost forever! CCC can capture all your files exactly as they are at a moment in time. Restore files you accidentally deleted — or that were corrupted by malware."
Going deeper into this feature:
The Role of Snapshots in a Comprehensive Data Protection Strategy
There are several aspects of data protection that a backup aims to provide. Protection against:
...
Malicious file modification (e.g. malware/ransomware)
...
Full info via this link www.bombich.com/kb/ccc6/leveraging-snapshots-on-apfs-volumes
All of the above made me curious on how is it possible to restore files from an external HDD when your system is infected with a ransomware and all of your data are encrypted?
My usage scenario is based on the following structure.
Setup:
Internal SSD -> Various files and folders that i would like to backup daily
Ext. SSD -> Various files the i need frequent access and read and write speed is important
Ext. HDD A -> Files and Folders (mainly Archived projects and Lightroom catalogue)
Ext. HDD B -> Planning to use this HDD as the destination for backing up all of the above (Internal SSD, Ext. SSD, Ext. HDD A) via Carbon Copy Cloner on 12 hours intervals
I am on a Mac Studio running Ventura 13.3.1
All the hard drives are APFS formatted
I dont mind wiping the system and re installing the OS and the apps that i use in case of a disaster
Does any of you have a clear understanding how this mechanism works? I am struggling to understand how is possible to access data and do a "healthy data restore" from an external drive that has files that are infected with a ransomware.
Thank you in advance. If you need any more info please let me know.
thank you for your time.
Regards,
A.