Getting Started With CCC
- System Requirements for CCC 7
- Choosing a backup drive
- How to set up your first backup
- How to schedule a backup
- Granting Full Disk Access to CCC and its helper tool
- What's new in CCC 7?
Purchasing CCC
- Bombich Software Sales Policies and Frequently Asked Questions
- Purchasing an Upgrade for CCC 7
- How much does CCC cost and how can I purchase it?
- How does the free 30-day trial work?
- If I pay for CCC now, will I have to pay for future updates?
- Can I use one license of CCC on multiple Macs in my household?
Downloading, Installing and Registering CCC
- How do I download and install CCC?
- Upgrading from CCC 6 to CCC 7
- Can I download the old versions of CCC?
- How to Manually Enter a CCC Registration Code
- How to Register CCC in One Click
- Trouble Applying Your Registration Information?
Using CCC
- How to restore from your backup
- Configure the task filter to exclude files and folders from a task
- How to modify a scheduled backup
- How to verify a backup
- Monitoring backup tasks with the CCC Dashboard
- Preview: See what changes CCC will make to the destination
Common Scenarios and Best Practices
- I want to migrate data to a new Mac
- I want to back up my data to network attached storage (NAS)
- I want to back up multiple Macs or source volumes to the same hard drive
- Can I run a backup while I'm using my computer? If I have open files, will they be backed up?
- Can I restore my Mac's backup to another Mac?
- Can CCC back up my BootCamp (Windows) partition?
Snapshots and Backup Versioning
- Introduction to Snapshots
- Snapshot thinning and pruning
- Mounting and browsing the contents of a snapshot
- Snapshots and space concerns; Deleting snapshots
- Finding and comparing versions of files in the Snapshot Browser
- CCC snapshots vs. Time Machine snapshots
Troubleshooting
- How do I get help?
- Why doesn't the disk usage on my backup disk match the disk usage on the source disk?
- External Boot Troubleshooting
- Why do some applications behave differently or ask for the serial number after restoring from the backup?
- Identifying and Troubleshooting Hardware-Related Problems
- Keeping CCC up to date
Advanced Topics
- Advanced Settings
- Task Organization
- Addressing Common Performance Problems
- Some files and folders are automatically excluded from a backup task
- Performing actions Before and After the backup task
- Running shell scripts before and after the backup task
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Glossary of Terms
- Preparing a disk for a backup or restore
- Everything you need to know about CCC and APFS
- Working with APFS Volume Groups
- I have a full-volume backup in a folder, but it's not accepted by Migration Assistant. How can I restore everything?
- Frequently asked questions about scheduled tasks