Best Software to Back Up To External HDD ?

10-Dee-Q · Jun 9, 2007

Hi, i'm looking for the best way/best software to back up all my data and application from My Macbook to an external HDD
can anyone help to tell me what is that?

quite newbie here

thx.

rdowns · Jun 9, 2007

Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper are the most often recommended on the site. Head over to http://www.VersionTracker.com to check them out.

10-Dee-Q · Jun 9, 2007

thanks for the fast reply

anyway between CCC and Super duper which one is more recommended ?
i don't want to lose any data just because i choose wrong software to back up,
thanks .

gauchogolfer · Jun 9, 2007

10-Dee-Q said:
thanks for the fast reply
anyway between CCC and Super duper which one is more recommended ?
i don't want to lose any data just because i choose wrong software to back up,
thanks .

Either one works fine. If you ask 10 people here, you'll probably get 50% voting for each.

10-Dee-Q · Jun 9, 2007

gauchogolfer said:
Either one works fine. If you ask 10 people here, you'll probably get 50% voting for each.

ow, that;s confusing,
then i don't know which one to buy

kuebby · Jun 9, 2007

Start with Super Duper!, all the basic features are free so you can try it before you buy it.

gauchogolfer · Jun 9, 2007

10-Dee-Q said:
ow, that;s confusing,
then i don't know which one to buy

It wasn't meant to be confusing, but rather liberating.
Just pick either one (flip a coin, whatever) and start using it.
You'll be fine.

astrostu · Jun 9, 2007

Carbon Copy Cloner is free. I would recommend using free stuff until 10.5 and then just use TimeMachine.

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