Clone it... back it up
Clone, synchronize, backup. Schedule and forget it. Try it 'til you trust it. Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) and SuperDuper are the two most recommended backup programs for Mac. We've used CCC since OS 9 days... you need it
Backing Up
The key to a successful backup plan is to actually do the backups regularly.
When left to a human, the task often gets tacked on to the end of a very long list of other things to do. When you eventually have a catastrophe, the data is simply gone. You know that feeling -- you just lost six years of family photos. Your kids being born, their first birthdays, their first everything. The answer to this is consistent and regular backups, placed on a schedule and handled automatically by your computer.
CCC 3.0 features a new interface designed to make the cloning and backup procedure more intuitive and more responsive. Users have better control over what gets backed up, and are provided with detailed information about the progress of their backup. In addition to general backup, CCC can also clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. CCC's block-level copy offers the absolute best fidelity in the industry!
Among the new features are:
* Support for block-level disk-to-disk clones.
* Synchronization built-in, not bolted on.
* Support for backing up across the network to another Macintosh.
* Built-in software update feature notifies you when updates are available.
* The ability to drill down into folders to select exactly what gets copied and what doesn't (you can drill down indefinitely).
* CCC recognizes iPods specifically, allowing time for the iPod:iTunes synchronization to complete.
* Advanced scheduling capabilities -- Backup tasks can now be scheduled on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis, or you can indicate that a backup task should run when the backup device is attached (e.g. an iPod).
Carbon Copy Cloner is now available as a Universal binary. As with previous versions, Carbon Copy Cloner is labeled "Uncrippled shareware" -- try the full-featured product until you trust it, then consider a donation to the Bombich Software Tip Jar.
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