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Which Backup Software Do You Use?
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I voted Time Machine because that’s my primary, but I also use CCC pretty heavily as well for secondary and bootable backups.
Time Machine full time, then a CCC clone once a week or so, and online backups of my home folder to BackBlaze B2 servers using Arq app.
SuperDuper! exclusively. I make 2 backups with it for each of my Macs to two separate external SSDs.
I use Time Machine (often) and Carbon Copy Cloner (every few weeks). If I had to chose one, I would go with the CCC because it's bootable.
Although only a small sample at this point, it's 50% Time Machine, and 50% for SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner combined.
Used to use Time Machine when my wi-fi network was based on Apple hardware. Once Apple got out of the wireless business, moved on to Ubiquiti and never looked back. Tried using Time Machine to locally attached USB and thunderbolt disks, but got tired of Time Machine reporting errors every now and then (around every month or so). Moved to CCC and never got a single error since. Additionally, my backups are now bootable, which I consider a big +.
EDIT Nov 04, 2020: Just read that CCC is warning users that there is currently a problem making bootable backup disks with CCC in Big Sur, because bootable disks in Big Sur need to be digitally signed by Apple and Apple only... Sigh... Let's hope this changes in the near future and CCC is again able to create bootable disks.
EDIT Nov 04, 2020: Just read that CCC is warning users that there is currently a problem making bootable backup disks with CCC in Big Sur, because bootable disks in Big Sur need to be digitally signed by Apple and Apple only... Sigh... Let's hope this changes in the near future and CCC is again able to create bootable disks.
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Thanks for the explanation. SuperDuper! also makes backups that are bootable, and that is a definite plus.
Bingo. One backup is not enough for something you really care about. I use a Time Machine drive for onsite and automated BackBlaze backups for offsite.
Same with SuperDuper!.
Somewhat surprised to see only two votes for SuperDuper! (SD), as I know I have seen more posts from SD users in other threads. Maybe they have not seen the survey yet.
I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner for several years and have been very happy with the app and Developer.
Time machine to a 2012 Mini server on my LAN, Carbon Copy Clones to external SSD's and hard drives plus BackBlaze cloud backups for multiple machines.
Heard the same thing on another Mac discussion site. Same is true with SuperDuper!. Dave Nanian is definitely responsive.
Interesting choice - can you explain why you do not use one of the products for all your backups? Looking to see what I might have missed here with my own use of SuperDuper for all drives
It's just voodoo/superstition. I've used CCC for bootable backups for years and years and years (even got a free educational version back in the day IIRC) and I just don't want to ever do anything else.Interesting choice - can you explain why you do not use one of the products for all your backups? Looking to see what I might have missed here with my own use of SuperDuper for all drives