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Back-up: Time Machine versus Carbon Copy Cloner
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1841883" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>The value to Time Machine that can't be understated is the ability to recover older versions of files that you may find a need to recover at a later date. I ran into this myself when I updated a game I hadn't played in several months and found it wouldn't recognize my existing save game files. I had to go back in time through several months worth of Time Machine backups to find a good copy that it would recognize. If I had a more conventional backup that had no way to preserve "versions" of files in such a manner, I would have lost all that progress. This is a feature that is crazy useful for many other use cases too. If I was a student, teacher, writer, or any other profession where I used my Mac a lot for productivity and there was a chance I'd need to recover an older version of my work for ANY reason, Time Machine is invaluable. I cannot emphasize this enough... it's one of those backups strategies that you'll regret not having the most when you need it the most. Maybe not so critical for the most casual of users, but consider your own usage and needs. But that said, a CCC backup absolutely still has its own place. I use both, though only occasionally update my CCC backup since the TM one is always up to date. I make a special point to do it prior to major macOS updates so a fresh clone is ready to go in case of disaster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1841883, member: 38864"] The value to Time Machine that can't be understated is the ability to recover older versions of files that you may find a need to recover at a later date. I ran into this myself when I updated a game I hadn't played in several months and found it wouldn't recognize my existing save game files. I had to go back in time through several months worth of Time Machine backups to find a good copy that it would recognize. If I had a more conventional backup that had no way to preserve "versions" of files in such a manner, I would have lost all that progress. This is a feature that is crazy useful for many other use cases too. If I was a student, teacher, writer, or any other profession where I used my Mac a lot for productivity and there was a chance I'd need to recover an older version of my work for ANY reason, Time Machine is invaluable. I cannot emphasize this enough... it's one of those backups strategies that you'll regret not having the most when you need it the most. Maybe not so critical for the most casual of users, but consider your own usage and needs. But that said, a CCC backup absolutely still has its own place. I use both, though only occasionally update my CCC backup since the TM one is always up to date. I make a special point to do it prior to major macOS updates so a fresh clone is ready to go in case of disaster. [/QUOTE]
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