Hi John, I have used SuperDuper for a long time as my once a month backup. That HD goes in the safe.
My immediate continuous backup is Time Machine. I also use Dropbox for offsite of all important (selected) documents. > On 19 May 2015, at 11:41 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > What version of OS X are you running and what version of CCC? > The latest version of CCC is 4.1.2 > What is happening when you launch CCC either from the Dock or from within > Applications? > Have you tried opening CCC from select CCC in Applications then go to File > > Open? > > Shirt Pocket’s $38 SuperDuper > <http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html> and > Bombich Software’s $46 Carbon Copy Cloner <http://www.bombich.com/>—stand > above the rest. Each has a long history, focuses on cloning, presents a > simple and clear user interface, and includes unusual features that make it > an especially good choice for creating and maintaining bootable duplicates. > > Carbon Copy Cloner automatically archives the Recovery HD volume that is > associated with your source volume to a disk image. This archive can later be > restored to another Recovery HD volume, and CCC's Disk Center also offers the > ability to create a new Recovery HD volume on another disk. > > SuperDuper does not backup the Recovery HD Volume. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 > 2.3GHz / 16GB / 1TB 840 EVO SSD > > OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 > >> On 19 May 2015, at 9:39 am, John Thompson <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Could someone p[lease give advice on recommended backup/boot disk >> applications. I have (or thought I had) Carbon Copy Cloner but it does not >> seem to want to launch. >> >> Thanks >> >> John T >> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape
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