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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1594557"><p>As for why TM does not make a bootable copy, that's simply not how it works. It just does backups. The backups CAN exclude system files if you choose to do so, so the backup is just that, a backup you can configure.&nbsp; It's good for restoring lost files or after hardware replacement.&nbsp; Because TM was ONLY a backup, developers of Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper! decided to create a different service, this one a cloning service to allow you to both backup AND boot. But by default those services don't do what TM does, which is to make an automatic backup on a schedule. Yes, you can set up CCC and SD! to do timed backups, but TM was automatic and default. All you have to do with TM is turn it on and you have an time-related archive at your fingertips. CCC and SD! clone and boot, but getting archives and timed backups require some configuration. There is no &quot;why,&quot; that's just how it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1594557"] As for why TM does not make a bootable copy, that's simply not how it works. It just does backups. The backups CAN exclude system files if you choose to do so, so the backup is just that, a backup you can configure. It's good for restoring lost files or after hardware replacement. Because TM was ONLY a backup, developers of Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper! decided to create a different service, this one a cloning service to allow you to both backup AND boot. But by default those services don't do what TM does, which is to make an automatic backup on a schedule. Yes, you can set up CCC and SD! to do timed backups, but TM was automatic and default. All you have to do with TM is turn it on and you have an time-related archive at your fingertips. CCC and SD! clone and boot, but getting archives and timed backups require some configuration. There is no "why," that's just how it is. [/QUOTE]

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