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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1882554" data-attributes="member: 204485">Jake, the links are great, thanks for them.&nbsp; A good read.What I have decided on (for now) is daily data only backups with CCC, probably wont bother to update to CCC 6.Time Machine backups daily.And just because of my preferences I updated my version of Instal Disk Creator,&nbsp; the current version has been updated to handle Big Sur bootable installers. Last night I downloaded a fresh copy of Big Sur 11.3.1 installer and this morning made a bootable installer on USB thumb drive which I have tested and works as hoped.When Starting up with option key, picking the USB installer results in the Recovery window and from there I can access DU on the USB, Instal a fresh copy of Big Sur and/or restore data from an external source.This combination of two data backups and a tool to restore or repair the OS seems like the best of both worlds for now and cost nothing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1882554, member: 204485"] Jake, the links are great, thanks for them. A good read. What I have decided on (for now) is daily data only backups with CCC, probably wont bother to update to CCC 6. Time Machine backups daily. And just because of my preferences I updated my version of Instal Disk Creator, the current version has been updated to handle Big Sur bootable installers. Last night I downloaded a fresh copy of Big Sur 11.3.1 installer and this morning made a bootable installer on USB thumb drive which I have tested and works as hoped. When Starting up with option key, picking the USB installer results in the Recovery window and from there I can access DU on the USB, Instal a fresh copy of Big Sur and/or restore data from an external source. This combination of two data backups and a tool to restore or repair the OS seems like the best of both worlds for now and cost nothing. [/QUOTE]

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