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    Backing up to a disk image

    Disk images are not bootable backups . To create a bootable ... to your Mac. We recommend that you only use a disk image if you are backing up to a network volume. If you're backing up more ...
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    I want to back up my whole Mac to a Time Capsule, NAS, or other network volume

    ... very appealing as a backup destination. The thought of backing up all of your stuff without having to plug in a ... To meet this requirement, you can ask CCC to create a disk image on your destination network volume. A disk image is a ...
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    I want to back up multiple Macs or source volumes to the same hard drive

    Backing up multiple volumes or multiple Macs to a single hard ... for each computer that you want to back up using the Disk Utility application. Related Documentation Learn more ... to a non-HFS+ formatted volume, you can back up to a disk image. A disk image is a single file residing on your hard ...
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    Performing actions Before and After the backup task

    ... backup task, unmount or set the destination as the startup disk, run another CCC backup task, and power management ... applies for nested volumes. For example, suppose you are backing up to a disk image on a network volume. CCC will first attempt to mount ...
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    Glossary of Terms

    ... 10.15 Catalina B Backup — A backup , or the process of backing up, refers to the copying and archiving of computer ... files from the source are copied. The destination can be a disk attached directly to your Mac, a network location (e.g. a NAS or a share from another computer), or a disk image file. Destination is a relative term. When making an ...
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    Backing up to/from network volumes and other non-HFS volumes

    In addition to backing up to volumes formatted with the macOS standard ... a network volume, e.g. if you were to mount the startup disk of another Mac, the system files on that network volume ... of macOS on a network volume, you can back up to a disk image on the network volume. See the related documentation ...
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    Slow performance of network appliances can be mitigated by backing up to a disk image

    ... overhead. Our Recommendation If the data that you're backing up consists primarily of large files, e.g. music, ... than a few MB, we strongly recommend that you back up to a disk image on your network appliance to improve performance and to ...
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    Backing up large files, mounted disk images, and Virtual Machine containers

    Mounted disk images and running Virtual Machine container files pose ... If you run a CCC backup task while a read/write disk image is mounted or while a VM container's OS is booted, ... of how to automate this). If errors do occur while backing up large files, quit or suspend the applications that ...
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    A closer look at how CCC determines the "bootability" of a destination volume

    ... will not be bootable: The destination volume cannot be a disk image — you cannot boot your Macintosh from a disk image. ... and destination filesystems. For example, if you are backing up files from an HFS+ volume to a network filesystem, ...
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    Can I use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone a Time Machine backup?

    ... Machine volume is documented in this Apple Kbase article . Backing up Time Machine sparsebundle disk images When Time Machine is configured to back up a ... Time Machine stores the backup in a sparsebundle disk image. CCC can copy these sparsebundle disk image files ...

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