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Re:APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS by wpm on Monday September 28, 2020 @07:09PM (#24622212)
I use CCC in addition to work-provided Code42 and can't recommend it enough. I have a 1TB SSD hanging off the back of my Mac that holds a full bootable copy of my boot volume as it stands, everyday at 4PM.

Because I have Code42 for versioning and going back further in time (though WFH due to COVID has truly brought to bear the shitty upload speed my home connection has), I don't utilize the SafetyNet feature,so I can't speak to the efficacy of it, but for straight daily dumb snapshots I love CCC. When I went 100% remote back in March I opted to get a specced up Mac mini instead of a Macbook Pro. CCC made moving everything over barely a speedbump. It'll alert you to any issues and walk you through the restore when it senses it's being run off a booted external volume group. It really only took a couple of clicks. Dead simple. It also provides a handy GUI for APFS snapshots.

I don't buy a lot of...serious software (either work buys it for me or it's a PC game), but I don't regret the $40 CCC set me back. Plus, the devs are pretty much always ready for the new OS in fall, which to me is an important feature separating an OK Mac app from a good one.

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Re:APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS by barkingcat on Monday September 28, 2020 @09:11PM (#24623176)
for $40 CCC is beautifully cheap software for the peace of mind.

I've been using it for many years and every single time it's worked brilliantly.

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Re:APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS by perardi on Monday September 28, 2020 @07:31PM (#24622418)
(though WFH due to COVID has truly brought to bear the shitty upload speed my home connection has)

What’s the old saw about “the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes”? Yeah, that. It would be faster (if obviously not economical) to just mail a hard drive back to the home office every week than trying to back up my entire machine over residential cable internet.

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