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?
- Can I use CCC to copy a Time Machine backup?
- Copying one external hard drive to another external hard drive
- Folder-to-Folder Backups
- Using a CCC backup with a loaner Mac
- Backing up and restoring Finder's Trash
- Refining the scope of a backup task
- Upgrading your backup strategy from Time Machine to CCC
- Best practices for updating your Mac's OS