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Carbon Copy Cloner - Users Thread - Yosemite to Mojave to Big Sur - and after
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Yes I read that, mine was purchased at the end of January.
I just enabled the new Quick Update feature in the advanced setting tab and the dev. was not kidding when he said it is up to seven times faster. I attached my SSD and it copied over almost 2GB in seven seconds! Nice feature.
I will definitely upgrade.They do go above and beyond and deserve customer loyalty. Their product only gets better over time. I've gotten so much out of their technical documentation; they explain much more than how to use their product.
I just did a full clone using CC 5 and then CC 6 after wiping the back up SSD drive. Tried CC 6 and compared what it copied in the System/Library folder and it seems CC 6 copies less over folder wise than CC 5 did ( I took screenshots )
I don't pretend to understand this but it struck me as curious. Am I doing something wrong ?
I don't pretend to understand this but it struck me as curious. Am I doing something wrong ?
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The default mode in CCC v6 is to copy only the Data volume not the System volume. Was your CCC v5 clone a Data volume only?
Both will do bootable clones (ie including the System volume) but the method of instructing is different.
Thanks Mike. Maybe I didn’t have it set to do full clone. I had CC5 set to do both data and system.
Will check. How do I set CC6 to copy everything as CC5 did ?
Will check. How do I set CC6 to copy everything as CC5 did ?
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Press the destination box a second time and select "Legacy Bootable Backup Assistant"
I think CCC has the best online documentation. It is very clear and easy to understand. I appreciate it when a company takes the time to do that for the customers.
Completed the clone, and it looks like a FULL clone this time.
One thing I did notice is that the Macintosh SSD Clone drive shows up on the desktop but is not listed with all the other drives ( external and internal ) in Finder.
Anyone else noticed this that the drive isn't listed in Finder after the clone ?
Good article by Mike about bootable backups with Big Sur +. In my opinion, if your work is mission critical and you need to be up and running right away should your m1 Mac die, it would be a good idea to invest in a slightly older Mac as a backup device.
As it is, CCC does a fine job of backing up user account files. And for the average user, that really is enough. I don't think it is necessary to have a bootable backup with the M series.
As it is, CCC does a fine job of backing up user account files. And for the average user, that really is enough. I don't think it is necessary to have a bootable backup with the M series.
Optional 6.0.1-b1 offered if beta updates enabled 5/20/21
- Fixed
Fixed a handful of crashers. - Changed
The End User License Agreement, and the preflight and postflight script names now appear correctly in Dark Mode. - Changed
Addressed a performance issue that led to a "subtask timeout" at the end of a task that was using the "Reverify files copied by this task" setting. - Fixed
Fixed a loop condition that can occur if a destination NAS volume drops offline in the middle of a task and CCC lacks the credentials to remount that volume.
FWIW I just confirmed one thing about bootable backups that would be important to anyone who does want to use them:
A bootable external clone made on one M1 Mac will boot up a different M1 Mac with Full Startup Security. I had to authorise a user with the credentials of an admin user on the internal of the second Mac, after which it booted OK. When I moved the external back to the first Mac it booted OK with no authorisations required.
In this case the internal and external of the second Mac both had 11.3.1 which is the "same or newer" macOS so Reduced Startup Security was not necessary. (If the external had had 11.2 it would have needed Reduced Security on the second Mac).
A bootable external clone made on one M1 Mac will boot up a different M1 Mac with Full Startup Security. I had to authorise a user with the credentials of an admin user on the internal of the second Mac, after which it booted OK. When I moved the external back to the first Mac it booted OK with no authorisations required.
In this case the internal and external of the second Mac both had 11.3.1 which is the "same or newer" macOS so Reduced Startup Security was not necessary. (If the external had had 11.2 it would have needed Reduced Security on the second Mac).
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It is not doing that for me using Standard backups (ie Data volume). Are you doing bootable clones with the LBBA?
Standard backups - data only. To be more specific , this is happening on my Intel Mac Pro but not on my M1 MBP. Obviously, not a critical issue but I like my custom icons
There are a lot of other things that can wrong with a computer that a bootable clone would not solve, so if a computer is really mission critical there should be a second computer available.
No mission critical business should depend on a single computer.
All IMHO of course!
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Puzzling. I would submit a help request from within the app. Response is usually excellent though I imagine there is a bit of a peak demand at the moment.Standard backups - data only. To be more specific , this is happening on my Intel Mac Pro but not on my M1 MBP. Obviously, not a critical issue but I like my custom icons
I have the same issue re custom icons. I've just given up. If you get an answer please be sure to post.
Hi, Sarah from Bombich Software here. We've documented and reported a macOS bug that prevents retention of some custom icons, but I'm trying to figure out if this is different. The link discusses Catalina but the issue is also present in Big Sur.
Anyway, I've been trying to collect the custom icon-related tickets we've received but it's only a handful. If anyone would like to help out by creating a ticket from within CCC (including logs) and listing step-by-step how to reproduce the issue (screenshots are appreciated), it would help us see if there's anything we can do. It's definitely on our radar!
Anyway, I've been trying to collect the custom icon-related tickets we've received but it's only a handful. If anyone would like to help out by creating a ticket from within CCC (including logs) and listing step-by-step how to reproduce the issue (screenshots are appreciated), it would help us see if there's anything we can do. It's definitely on our radar!
^^^^Thank You for posting and WELCOME 👍 I see that you have been a member here for 11 years, but this is your first post. Glad your joining the fray. You may want to monitor our threads. Lot's of discussion of CCC vs SD. I own both. Had SD first, but was put off by their dismal support.
Thanks! I do monitor the threads periodically but since I clearly don't have an unbiased opinion I tend to keep quiet. Anyway, with v6 we made so many changes to the interface, as well as under the hood, that we really want to keep on top of things. Please continue bringing issues to our attention!
Not sure if you know, but there are only six of us in the company, so thank you for being patient as we support v6. Our responses may be slower and a little bit less in-depth than usual, but we're trying to spend our time on fixing the underlying issues versus individually troubleshooting.
Anyway, with v6 we made so many changes to the interface, as well as under the hood, that we really want to keep on top of things. Please continue bringing issues to our attention!Not sure if you know, but there are only six of us in the company, so thank you for being patient as we support v6. Our responses may be slower and a little bit less in-depth than usual, but we're trying to spend our time on fixing the underlying issues versus individually troubleshooting.