Backup software for macbook

zagubov

Need backup software for a macbook running El Capitan. Want it to make clonable copies so don't want Time Machine and I want it to be incremental after the forst one.

Would consider CarbonCopyCloner but would have to pay for it. Have read reviews of Mac Backup guru which might be worth trying (also needs payment).

Anybody got experience with these? Or a better recommendation?

Big_Graeme

CarbonCopyCloner is well worth the money.

zagubov

Big_Graeme wrote: »

CarbonCopyCloner is well worth the money.

Thanks Graeme - I've used it before; found there's some things it won't backup, but otherwise it fits the bill.

As my current OS won't run the free version I was wondering how the paid-for one compares with some of the new software like the Guru one.

stboard

SuperDuper is very good too...

http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

securityguy

I use SuperDuper! to make bootable copies, but I think you're dismissing Time Machine too quickly. Booting a machine off installation media and then importing ("migrating") a Time Machine backup is very neat, because it does an extremely good job of merging what's on the backup with what's on the machine already. I had to recover a machine recently from a disk failure, and by happenstance I had both a SuperDuper! and a TM backup that were recent enough, and the TM route did a very good job of it. There's also the advantage that if you, say, lost your machine running Yosemite and went and bought some hypothetical next-gen machine that is only supported on El Capitan, then you can recover immediately with the TM volume but with SuperDuper! it'll be a real mess to get working.