Carbon Copy Cloner - A Must Have!

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Carbon Copy Cloner - This is a MAC Must Have Software.
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In its simplest form, Carbon Cop Cloner (CCC) will clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. This is very useful if, for example, your laptop is damaged and you must send it in for repair.

CCC can also be used to perform regular backups of your data. When you select a source disk in CCC, you are presented with the contents of that disk (hidden items too). Simply uncheck the items that you do not want to backup, and CCC will provide ample indication what will and will not be copied. Select a target disk to which you would like to backup, then press the clone button.

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 includes that functionality, and takes it even further.

Among the features are:

* Support for block-level disk-to-disk clones.
* Support for backing up across the network.
* The ability to drill down into folders to select exactly what gets copied and what doesn't (you can drill down indefinitely).
* A more responsive interface and the ability to stop the clone.
* More accurate feedback during the clone.
* The ability to pick up where a previously aborted backup task left off.
* More information about your disks are available within the CCC interface.
* Advanced scheduling capabilities -- choose what days to run your backups and how frequently they should run. You can also defer a backup if it starts at an inopportune time.
* Now you can create a scheduled task that backs up your data whenever you attach a specific hard drive or iPod.

Carbon Copy Cloner is a Pro Tools users DREAM. If you use Pro Tools, you've GOT to have this software. By cloning your computer, you will always be able to get back to a clean install of the Max OS and your Pro Tools setup (with plug-ins) at any time. CCC will bring back THE WAY YOU WORK!

Every hidden file on you Mac is included. The best thing is your MAC feels friggin' wicked FAST

Imagine the OSX Dock, the folder structure of your installs, your labels, what you left on the desktop, the Mac User setup... were talking EVERYTHING the way it was originally set up. On a 25 GIG hard drive with Mac OSX 10.4.X, Pro Tools 7.3.X, a ton of plug-ins, as well as loads of other installed applications... it will take about TEN MINUTES TO REBUILD YOUR HARD DISK. I have been using this software on a weekly basis for over a year and NEVER had an issue.

Think this? Getting out those OSX MAC Installer DVD's and doing the whole Apple install procedure (then you do the three or four net updates on top of that!); only to then spend another half hour to set up your system the way you like it, not to mention installing Pro Tools (with Digidesign updates most likely required), then all of your Plug-In installs... This process is NOT a fast one. The answer? Once you get it RIGHT! Run CCC, and you can have your computer back in less than 15 minutes! A great way to start each new session! Talk to the boys ar Rack Attack about this procedure... they use it everyday I am told.

System Requirements, check the Developers Web Site:

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The Developers WEB Site is Here.
The Carbon Copy Cloner Forum

Mac Only: Backup utility Carbon Copy Cloner makes a byte-by-byte copy of your Mac's entire hard drive, or backs up folders and files you choose on a schedule.

Donate! CCC is considered donation-ware (uncrippled shareware). the developer worked hard developing CCC and its methodology and documenting it on the internet for the rest of the Mac OS X community. If you find CCC indispensable, please consider making a donation. Please note that if you are using CCC for an educational institution, you should NOT donate to Bombich Software. My heart is in Education and all software that I write shall always be free to Education.