The key to a successful backup plan is to actually do the backups regularly. When left to a human, the task often gets tacked on to the end of a very long list of other things to do. When you eventually have a catastrophe, the data is simply gone. You know that feeling -- you just lost six years of family photos. Your kids being born, their first birthdays, their first everything. The answer to this is consistent and regular backups, placed on a schedule and handled automatically by your computer.

Carbon Copy Cloner features an interface designed to make the cloning and backup procedure very intuitive. In addition to general backup, CCC can also clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. CCC's block-level copy offers the absolute best fidelity in the industry!

Features:

Bootable Backups
When disaster strikes your hard disk, you can boot from your backup and keep working. Troubleshoot the problem disk when you have time to spare.

Smart Updates
Update only the files that have been added or modified.

Backups Anywhere
Create a backup on your external drive, or back up your files to another Macintosh.

Snapshot Support
Bring back files that you thought you’d lost forever! CCC can capture all your files exactly as they are in a moment in time. Restore files you accidentally deleted, or turn back the clock on your whole computer. CCC is the only bootable backup solution that has full support for snapshots on Apple’s new APFS filesystem.

Task Grouping and Sorting
Collect your tasks into groups to visually organize them. Run a group of tasks with a single click, or schedule a group all at once. Tasks can also be sorted by name, exit status, last run date, next run date, or manually.

Backup Notifications
In addition to keeping you posted with the macOS Notification Center, CCC can email you the results of your backup tasks. It couldn’t be easier — configure your email account settings once and use them across multiple tasks!

Task Scheduling
CCC can back up your data hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or whenever you connect to your backup drive. You can tell CCC to back up only on weekdays, weekends, or only during certain times of day. You can also craft a more sophisticated backup strategy with task chaining and scheduled task groups.

Smarter Safety Net
Create a bootable clone of your hard drive, but also keep copies of your recently deleted and changed files — just in case. SafetyNet is smarter than ever: if you run out of space during a backup, CCC can free up space automatically and resume your backup.

Task History
Quickly view when your tasks have run and if they were successful. Restrict the list by task name, source volume, destination volume, or run date. Receive detailed information and advice on tasks that resulted in errors.

Disk Center
Quickly learn more about your volumes or create a Recovery HD, all while easily seeing all tasks that involve the selected disk, as well as the last time each task ran.

Menu Bar App
Keep tabs on currently running backup tasks, create a new task, or run a scheduled task.

Clone Recovery HD
The macOS Installer creates a proprietary recovery volume on your startup disk that can be used to reinstall macOS. CCC is the only backup software that archives and clones this recovery volume. We simplify this complex procedure into a single click!

Intuitive and Efficient Interface
We have fine-tuned CCC’s interface and it is easier to use than ever! Schedule, group and sort tasks; run a backup; and access the disk center — all from a single window.

Guided Setup and Restore
If you boot your Mac from a CCC backup, CCC will open and offer to help you with a guided restore. In the guided restore, CCC will create a new restore task, select the startup disk as the source, then present coaching tips that guide you through selecting the destination and (optionally) excluding items from the restore task.

Simplified Remote Mac Setup
The setup procedure for backing up to a remote Macintosh has been greatly simplified. SafetyNet pruning is now available for remote Mac destinations, and CCC can now show you the content of a remote Mac source. Remote Mac backups have never been simpler!

Cloning Coach
We’re backup experts and we want to help you craft a reliable and functional backup strategy. We’ve built over 15 years of experience into CCC's Cloning Coach, which proactively alerts you to configuration concerns about your tasks and offers helpful advice on how to address those concerns. Even better, our professional support team is just a click away in the Cloning Coach window if you have questions or concerns about what to do.

Simple Mode
Simple interface mode allows you to clear the visual clutter and clone in three clicks. Source > Destination > Clone.

Advanced File Filtering
Excluding a folder or two from a backup task has always been trivial with CCC, and now it's even easier to precisely define what should and should not be backed up. You can also now visualize the effects of custom filter rules, and now CCC will report how much data is going to be backed up. A QuickLook panel shows you a preview of your files, and you can sort your file list based on name, size, or modification date.

Backup Health Check
Have you ever worried that your backup might fail when you need it? CCC has you covered. CCC can run a special monthly or weekly corruption check to identify damaged files in your backup – and automatically replace them.

Versions:
• Download is for current version
• Version 4.1.24 for OS X 10.8-10.13
• Version 3.5.7 for OS X 10.6-10.7
• Version 3.4.7 for OS X 10.4-10.5

Requirements:
OS X 10.10+
Universal Binary