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Really stupid Question

by BigVtheMan Mar 9, 2011 6:47AM PST

I was thinking about backing up my MBP, and I looked at Carbon Copy Cloner, but I was unsure of one thing: It appears to be just a trial, and i am wondering if it is still usable after the trial expires.
Thanks,
VTM

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Not aware of a trial version of CCC

by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 9, 2011 8:11AM PST

it is donation ware so what would be the point.

Ever considered Time Machine?

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difference in the result

by sturner--2008 Mar 9, 2011 11:30AM PST

With CCC you can make bootable disk that is an exact copy of your main boot disk. And it is backed up at a stated interval.

Can you boot from the Time Machine files?

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Sort of

by Jimmy Greystone Mar 9, 2011 11:38AM PST

Sort of, and honestly, by and large, cloning/imaging programs are vastly overrated. I've always found it's better to just have a backup of important stuff and then reinstall. Gives you a chance to correct things you screwed up along the way, or if you figured out a better way of doing something, it's a chance to start doing it from day 1.

But if not CCC, then there's always SuperDuper, which has a freeware mode that lets you create bootable images. If you pay for it then you get the ability to automatically generate images on a schedule you choose, but you can manually create them for free.

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