Bombich Software<\/a>, makers of Carbon Copy Cloner, has extensive FAQs, manuals, and support on their website.<\/p>\nWith the new external multi-bay enclosure powered on, and the drives mounted on the desktop:<\/p>\n
Launch Carbon Copy Cloner, usually found in the \/Applications folder.<\/p>\n
From the toolbar, click the Show Sidebar button.<\/p>\n
The Sidebar will be displayed, showing all of the tasks that have been created.<\/p>\n
If this is your first time using Carbon Copy Cloner, a single task will be listed. You can click on the task name to change the default name to something more descriptive.<\/p>\n
In the main window, click within the SOURCE area.<\/p>\n
A list of mounted drives will be displayed; select the drive that will be the source for the cloning.<\/p>\n
Click the DESTINATION area.<\/p>\n
A list of mounted drives that you can use as the destination for the clone will be displayed. Make your selection.<\/p>\n
Click in the SCHEDULE area.<\/p>\n
A sheet with a dropdown menu will appear; use the menu to select one of the scheduling options. For general usage, cloning as often as daily or no longer than weekly, may be an appropriate selection. For this example, select Daily.<\/p>\n
Set the Repeat every X day to the number of days between each cloning. Setting the value to 1 will update the clone every day. Setting the value to 2 updates the clone every second day.<\/p>\n
Set the start date and time. This will dictate when the first clone is created, and the time of day when each additional cloning process is run.<\/p>\n
There are additional scheduling options to consider; make your selections and click Done.<\/p>\n
Click the Save button when you\u2019re satisfied with the settings you\u2019ve chosen for the cloning task.<\/p>\n
If this is first time you\u2019ve used Carbon Copy Cloner, you may be asked to install a helper app along with granting Carbon Copy Cloner full disk access (this depends on the version of the Mac OS you\u2019re using). Grant the needed permissions to continue.<\/p>\n
Quit and then relaunch Carbon Copy Cloner to ensure it has full access to the startup drive.<\/p>\n
Make sure the task you created is selected in Carbon Copy Cloner’s sidebar, and then click the Clone button to start the first clone process.<\/p>\n
After the clone is completed, you may close Carbon Copy Cloner; any scheduled cloning will occur as configured.<\/p>\n
Don’t Forget to Test<\/strong>
\nNow that you have your dual backup (Time Machine & Cloning) in place, don\u2019t forget to test the backups to make sure they\u2019re working correctly. Use Time Machine and make sure you can restore a file from the backup. Try restarting your Mac from the cloned drive to make sure a bootable backup was created.<\/p>\nWith everything working, the only question left is, “What else can I use multi-bay enclosures for?”<\/p>\n
Let us know how you\u2019re using your external drives by posting in the comments, below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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