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Mac Backup Software
Apr 9, 2020 09:28:27 #
I have used a Mac for years and backed up with Time Machine. However, over the last few months, it has become a real pain and often gives me an error message saying it cannot do the job. I am not totally sure if this started when I upgraded to Catalina but, given the other headaches that upgrade has created, it may be the case.
I am considering SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
I would love some input and, maybe another solution if people have had luck with another program. I want something I buy not something that comes with a subscription.
FWIW:I back up to two Western Digital 4T external drives. These have been set up so they are compatible with the Mac.
Thanks
Ron
I am considering SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
I would love some input and, maybe another solution if people have had luck with another program. I want something I buy not something that comes with a subscription.
FWIW:I back up to two Western Digital 4T external drives. These have been set up so they are compatible with the Mac.
Thanks
Ron
Apr 9, 2020 10:16:45 #
rappar wrote:
I have used a Mac for years and backed up with Tim... (show quote)
Ron,
Hands down Carbon Copy Cloner is the best you can buy for Macintosh. He has a really great program that does what you are looking for and it always works. I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner since a year or two after it was introduced and would never go back to SuperDuper. SD trashed 4 drives in an aluminum MacPro to the point I had to install all new drives in the Mac in order to recover my data. I called the owner of SD and he said it's not my fault.
Mike Bombich is great and he even answers help phone calls himself.
Apr 9, 2020 10:36:51 #
Thanks for this, it is exactly the type of response I was hoping to get.
Ron
Ron
Apr 9, 2020 10:44:02 #
PaulBrit
Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon
I have been watching on the side for a similar answer. Also a Mac user and looking for advice regarding an excellent backup application. Thank you!
Apr 9, 2020 10:46:19 #
rappar wrote:
I have used a Mac for years and backed up with Tim... (show quote)
Did you try Apple support?
Apr 9, 2020 10:53:03 #
Yes, my track record with Apple Support is less than great especially problems that may well be related to Catalina. I have used Macs since my first in 1990. Over the years, I feel Apple has taken more than a few steps backwards. Look at the lack of ports on the newer MacBooks.
Apr 9, 2020 11:37:27 #
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Apr 9, 2020 12:22:21 #
I have the software but because I had been using Time Machine to back up, CCC will not let me use the drive I was using. Any help to fix this problem? I have a request into CCC but if anyone here knows the answer, I would love to hear it.
Apr 9, 2020 15:07:24 #
You should not use the Time Machine drive for CCC. Use another one and keep using Time Machine and CCC to a different drive that way you have the best of both worlds.
If you do not want to do the above then you will need to erase the TM drive with Disk Utility so CCC can then use it. I think the problem is CCC will not overwrite a TM drive.
If you do not want to do the above then you will need to erase the TM drive with Disk Utility so CCC can then use it. I think the problem is CCC will not overwrite a TM drive.
Apr 9, 2020 15:44:56 #
Thanks for this. I figured that was going to be the case but had only one of my externals here and so could not copy a few things from it to the other to be safe.
Apr 10, 2020 05:48:34 #
Brian S. wrote:
You should not use the Time Machine drive for CCC. Use another one and keep using Time Machine and CCC to a different drive that way you have the best of both worlds.
If you do not want to do the above then you will need to erase the TM drive with Disk Utility so CCC can then use it. I think the problem is CCC will not overwrite a TM drive.
If you do not want to do the above then you will need to erase the TM drive with Disk Utility so CCC can then use it. I think the problem is CCC will not overwrite a TM drive.
Don't forget to remove the drive(s) from TM before you format and use them with CCC.
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Apr 10, 2020 06:56:08 #
On the other hand, I have had wonderful success with SuperDuper, and on the rare occasions I have needed technical support, it has been outstanding. I use it on the same drive as time machine, divided into a partition for each backup method.
Apr 10, 2020 09:19:30 #
Stan Gould
Loc: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Brian S. wrote:
Ron,
Hands down Carbon Copy Cloner is the best you can buy for Macintosh. He has a really great program that does what you are looking for and it always works.
Hands down Carbon Copy Cloner is the best you can buy for Macintosh. He has a really great program that does what you are looking for and it always works.
AGREE! Have used CCC for years. It is great for making bootable clones. If your Mac HD/SSD fails, and you have a recent bootable clone, you can be up and running quickly.
You should also have a method to recover individual files that were not on the clone. I use OneDrive.
Apr 10, 2020 10:16:36 #
You might consider Acronis. I've successfully used it for 15 years. I've recovered entire drives, including the OS drive.
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/computer-backup/
Good luck,
Mark
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/computer-backup/
Good luck,
Mark
Apr 10, 2020 13:55:06 #
I have tried several back-up softwares in the past and had terrible luck with them. So now I backup by copying to another hard drive. I keep a copy of my operating system on a thumb drive.
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