Mac backup and cloning
- 1. Time Machine – Mac Backup tool “Its a Mac OS X backup application” It creates backup on internal, external drive and another Mac in the network of OS X leopard.
- 2. How Time machine works? Open System Preferences, Click on Time Machine. Choose backup disk(destination drive) and then source drive from list. It just automatically backups your entire Mac. Wait until it finishes.
- 3. Significance of Mac Time Machine It creates an image of your Mac at scheduled time. It remembers how your Mac looked at previous time. Just restore when you need it.
- 4. What things Time Machine can backup? Time machine can automatically backup your entire Mac including system files, applications,preferences, etc.
- 5. Limitations of Time machine No bootable backups. Redundant copies of modified files eat memory. Deletes backups acoording to its schedule : Weekly backups deleted automatically without giving warning message if there is no space to contain next backup. Size of destinaion backup drive must be larger than the boot volume.
- 6. Backup strategies opt by Mac users 1.Using Time machine as the only backup utility. Or 2.Using Time machine and third party tool. Or 3.Using only third party application.
- 7. Which one is perfect backup strategy? I think Using Time machine and third party tool is perfect.
- 8. Comaparison of popular Mac cloning tools Software Superduper Stellar Drive Clone Carbon copy cloner Chronosync Ease of Usability Good Excellent: easily understood interface. Very good: Full of ads. Fair: No hierarchial view. Features It creates bootable clone and image. Gives bootable clone, image and restore backups. Provide bootable clone, and schedule backups. Synchronize and backup to almost anything. Price $27.95 $39 $39.95 $40 + $10 for complete access.
- 9. Reviews of Mac Cloning tools SuperDuper Stellar Drive Clone Carbon Copy Cloner Chronosync 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 User friendly performance Features
- 10. Recommended Mac cloning tool: Stellar Drive Clone Advanced features- Supports file formats Exfat, FAT32, MBR scheme. Create bootable clone on folder, volume, external drive and also network drive. Clone recovery HD and image your Mac volumes.
- 11. Perfect Mac backup would be: Time Machine & Stellar Drive Clone