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Is Carbon Copy Clone Enough
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1002211" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>By and large, UNIX-based operating systems should never require a clean install to perform better. This is a bad habit that many Windows users carry over. Windows, because it has a registry and is also prone to dropping crap all over the system directories, is subject to something I like to call "Windows rot". As the registry grows, memory consumption increases and a clean install will correct that condition.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, UNIX confines most modifications to the user's home folder. Additionally, it does not use a registry. If you want to go back to sort of flush things out, the most you would need to do is create a new user account and delete the old.</p><p></p><p>As far as how often to backup with CCC - with Time Machine, I would say you're safe to do it sparingly, maybe once per quarter. Right now, I do it once a month, but I don't run Time Machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1002211, member: 24098"] By and large, UNIX-based operating systems should never require a clean install to perform better. This is a bad habit that many Windows users carry over. Windows, because it has a registry and is also prone to dropping crap all over the system directories, is subject to something I like to call "Windows rot". As the registry grows, memory consumption increases and a clean install will correct that condition. On the other hand, UNIX confines most modifications to the user's home folder. Additionally, it does not use a registry. If you want to go back to sort of flush things out, the most you would need to do is create a new user account and delete the old. As far as how often to backup with CCC - with Time Machine, I would say you're safe to do it sparingly, maybe once per quarter. Right now, I do it once a month, but I don't run Time Machine. [/QUOTE]
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