Backup Up Method ?

[Washac]

In peoples opinions what would be the best type of backup method for a Mac Mini M2?
Time Machine
Super Duper
Carbon Copy Cloner
Or other.

 

[MarkC426]

Time Machine and Superduper for me on my AS Studio.
My cMP was TM and SD clones of every drive, but you can do bootable clones on intel (not so easy on AS).

 

[fwmireault]

I never had an issue with Time Machine, but I do not know the other methods suggested

 

[MisterSavage]

I use a local Time Machine backup on an external drive and also Backblaze for online.

 

[fricotin]

Mac mini 2012. Time Machine and SuperDuper for me.

 

[Fishrrman]

SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner.

The SD interface is a little easier to use, but CCC offers the user more options.

You didn't tell us WHICH Mac you have, but if it's Apple Silicon, SD can create a bootable backup, pretty much like it used to. Although the overall "usefulness" of having a cloned backup isn't what it used to be.

CCC can do this as well, but again, SD makes the process easier.

 

[Washac]

SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner.

The SD interface is a little easier to use, but CCC offers the user more options.

You didn't tell us WHICH Mac you have, but if it's Apple Silicon, SD can create a bootable backup, pretty much like it used to. Although the overall "usefulness" of having a cloned backup isn't what it used to be.

CCC can do this as well, but again, SD makes the process easier.

Sorry I have changed the OP, I have the Mac Mini M2.

 

[Fishrrman]

Even if it's an m-series Mac, I still recommend SD or CCC.

 

[Knightartorias8]

Time Machine is solid and hasn’t let me down

I use CCC for data recovery/back ups and (with updates) its filter system lets me select specific things to preserve separately (ex. Users, photos, docs). And it’s task management lets me keep track of what back ups I’ve done and where they are, so I don’t have to check each drive.

 

[jim0266]

You didn't tell us WHICH Mac you have, but if it's Apple Silicon, SD can create a bootable backup, pretty much like it used to. Although the overall "usefulness" of having a cloned backup isn't what it used to be.

When I moved from a 2015 iMac to a M2 Mini I stopped making clones of the OS. They seemed less useful or relevant as you mentioned. Going with the M2 base Mini Pro I switched to how I utilize the internal SD. It now only holds the OS and applications. Everything else is on 3 separate NVME drives: one for my photo and video archive, one for FCP projects and a third to act as my "home" directory and a general storage drive. Those three drives are backed up with CCC.

I have an old 80GB Intel SSD I'm using CCC to make a backup of my home directory mainly to capture anything in the Library folder if I needed to reload the OS. That pretty small most everything in my documents folder points to the external. I still have just under 400GB of free space on my internal SSD.