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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1835379" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>SuperDuper! (SD!) and its main competitor, Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) are cloned Backups (BU).</p><p></p><p>A clone is an exact copy of your Mac's HD and is also bootable - meaning that you can boot your Mac from it. Even better, in the event of a Mac HD failure, you can use the bootable clone which, whilst slower than your Mac, can allow you to continue working on a project, get emails and the like.</p><p></p><p>In effect, it behaves like a standalone computer. When you get the Mac's HD replaced, you can clone back from your SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner HD to your new to the Mac and carry on as if nothing had happened.</p><p></p><p>Yes; you will need a dedicated External Hard Drive (EHD) for a cloned BU. This should have around 2 times the storage capacity of your Mac's HD. As should the the EHD you use for Time Machine.</p><p></p><p>HTH.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p><p></p><p>PS Never use Thumb Drives for TM or cloned BUs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1835379, member: 83420"] SuperDuper! (SD!) and its main competitor, Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) are cloned Backups (BU). A clone is an exact copy of your Mac's HD and is also bootable - meaning that you can boot your Mac from it. Even better, in the event of a Mac HD failure, you can use the bootable clone which, whilst slower than your Mac, can allow you to continue working on a project, get emails and the like. In effect, it behaves like a standalone computer. When you get the Mac's HD replaced, you can clone back from your SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner HD to your new to the Mac and carry on as if nothing had happened. Yes; you will need a dedicated External Hard Drive (EHD) for a cloned BU. This should have around 2 times the storage capacity of your Mac's HD. As should the the EHD you use for Time Machine. HTH. Ian PS Never use Thumb Drives for TM or cloned BUs. [/QUOTE]
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