{"id":88091,"date":"2024-02-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=88091"},"modified":"2024-06-17T15:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T20:37:19","slug":"backup-best-practices-how-to-make-fast-clone-backups-on-a-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/88091-backup-best-practices-how-to-make-fast-clone-backups-on-a-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup Best Practices: How to Make Fast Clone Backups on a Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero.png 1280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-213x120.png 213w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-284x160.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-190x107.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-750x421.png 750w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-548x308.png 548w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-364x204.png 364w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-230x129.png 230w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-213x120@2x.png 426w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-284x160@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/clone-your-mac-hero-190x107@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ed. note: <\/strong>This post is part of the Backup Best Practices series. Past posts include <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/87840-backup-best-practices-how-to-use-time-machine-optimally-with-other-macos-backups\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/87840-backup-best-practices-how-to-use-time-machine-optimally-with-other-macos-backups\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Backup Best Practices: How to Use Time Machine Optimally With Other macOS Backups<\/em><\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=87871\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=87871\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What To Do When Time Machines Says It\u2019s Full<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clone backups are nominally identical copies (&#8220;clones&#8221;)  of your volume(s), updated incrementally meaning only the stuff that changes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A clone backup is extremely fast. Only the first backup might take a while since everything has to be copied the first time.  But after that first backup, the software is incredibly efficient at only copying the changes, making short work of bringing things up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cloning application program lets you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Clone an entire volume to another volume, or into a subfolder elsewhere. You can, for example, clone 3 volumes into 3 folders on the same destination.<\/li><li>Selectively clone some but not all files based on various criteria, avoiding backing up files that do not need backup or are dealt with by other means.<\/li><li>Schedule clone backups.<\/li><li>Create related groups of backups.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are multiple clone backup applications, including the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/carbon copy cloner\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/carbon copy cloner\" target=\"_blank\">one I use, Carbon Copy Cloner<\/a>(&#8220;CCC&#8221;), SuperDuper, and others are also excellent. There are also industry-oriented solutions e.g. video production hardware + software solutions like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/argest-software\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/argest-software\" target=\"_blank\">OWC ArGest<\/a>. Use what you find easiest to understand and use, but this article will show CCC because that is what I am most familiar with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-boot-startup-drive-vs-others\">Boot\/startup drive vs others<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For technical reasons relating to security, cloning is not ideal for the startup volume aka &#8220;Macintosh HD.&#8221;  For that and other reasons, I strongly recommend creating a <strong>dedicated data volume separate from the boot volume<\/strong>. For more information on this see <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=88115\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=88115\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Best Practices: Add a Data Volume for Important Data Instead of Home Directory<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, for faster backups, <strong>AVOID storing the following inside your home directory: Documents, Music, Movies, Pictures, etc<\/strong>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-backup-drives-type-sizing-etc\">Backup drives: type, sizing, etc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SSDs are ideal for speed, but spinning hard drives are cheapest per gigabyte. Given the efficient incremental nature of clone backups, the performance aspect is not very important, but SSDs are fast and silent and more easily carried. I use both\u2014SSDs for my main working volume, and hard drives for backing up everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backup drives should be large enough to accommodate the amount of data to be backed up. How much is that? It depends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How much actual data you have. Use Get Info on the volume icon to see this information.<\/li><li>All of the drives that need backing-up. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you determine the needed capacity for the backup drive, think ahead at least a year, and perhaps 2-3 years. Then get the capacity drives that will have enough space with 20% spare capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A simpler rule for those that have one and only one main working volume: match the backup drive capacity to the main store. For example, if you have an 8TB main working volume that will eventually be mostly full, get at least 8TB backup drives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-backup-principles\">Backup principles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that if you have only one clone backup, then if your main drive should fail you will have zero backups, that one backup now becoming your only original. Key recommendations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A bare minimum of two clone backups should be kept safely away from the computer. Three or more is better.<\/li><li>It is useful and wise to also have an always-connected clone backup or two. But because these are at risk with the computer, these should be <em>in addition to <\/em>the backups that are stored elsewhere.<\/li><li>Regularly cycle through the backups.<\/li><li>Do not wipe-out all backups all at once, lest a problem propagate to all of them.<\/li><li>Establish some regular schedule to refresh a backup or two, and then get those safely away from the computer.<\/li><li>NEVER assume a backup is good.  At the very least, check that the contents match the expected size. But the smart move is to regularly check the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/data integrity\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/data integrity\" target=\"_blank\">data integrity<\/a> of the backup with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/integrity checker\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/integrity checker\" target=\"_blank\">IntegrityChecker<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-your-first-clone-backup\">Your first clone backup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Assume that <strong>the backup process will wipe-out what is already on the drive<\/strong> (this isn\u2019t necessarily the case depending on settings and software, but we are being cautious here).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This example uses Carbon Copy Cloner, a popular cloning application. It has a simple mode and an advanced mode.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple mode<\/strong> is indeed simple: select where data will be copied from and where it will be copied to, and click <strong>Start<\/strong>. Job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-SimpleMode.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88272\" width=\"524\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-SimpleMode.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-SimpleMode-153x120.jpg 153w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-SimpleMode-284x223.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-SimpleMode-190x149.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-SimpleMode-153x120@2x.jpg 306w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-SimpleMode-284x223@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-SimpleMode-190x149@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><figcaption>Carbon Copy Cloner: cloning from <strong>Master<\/strong> to <strong>Master_Clone<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Standard  mode<\/strong> works the same way, but allows for named tasks, and a host of settings that control what is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88276\" width=\"975\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1.jpg 1950w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1-284x227.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1-190x152.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1-1536x1227.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1-150x120@2x.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1-284x227@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode-1-190x152@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><figcaption>Carbon Copy Cloner: Standard mode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-backup-up-multiple-volumes-onto-a-single-backup-drive-on-a-mac\">How to backup up multiple volumes onto a single backup drive on a Mac<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes you might have more than one volume\/drive to backup. And you might also have a very large backup drive, say a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/hard drive\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/hard drive\" target=\"_blank\">22TB hard drive<\/a>.  A drive that can hold backups for all the drives you want to backup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, create a destination backup folder for each such drive. Then create a cloning task to backup each drive to its respective folder by using <strong>Choose a Folder&#8230;<\/strong> and choosing the appropriate destination folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88282\" width=\"980\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder.jpg 1960w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder-140x120.jpg 140w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder-284x243.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder-190x163.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder-1536x1317.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder-140x120@2x.jpg 280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder-284x243@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2023-1219-CarbonCopyCloner-StandardMode_folder-190x163@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusions\">Conclusions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Clone backups are awesome because they are super fast once the first backup is done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, since clones are copies of the original, <strong>you can use them directly in a pinch should your main drive fail<\/strong>\u2014something cannot be done with Time Machine backups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diglloyd.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/diglloyd.com\/gfx\/flag.diglloyd.png?dglyOWCB=BackupBestPractices_FastCloneBackups\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"70\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/diglloyd.com\/OWC articles by Lloyd\" target=\"_blank\">View all posts by Lloyd Chambers\u2026<\/a> Lloyd\u2019s photo web site is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/diglloyd.com\" target=\"_blank\">diglloyd.com<\/a>, computers is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\" target=\"_blank\">MacPerformanceGuide.<\/a>com, cycling and health are found at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/windinmyface.com\" target=\"_blank\">WindInMyFace.com<\/a>, software tools including disk testing and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/autoTopic.html?dglyTP=data+integrity\" target=\"_blank\">data integrity validation<\/a> at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/diglloydtools.com\" target=\"_blank\">diglloydTools.com<\/a>. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/diglloyd\/collections\" target=\"_blank\">Patreon page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diglloyd.com\/White Mountains\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/diglloyd.com\/articles\/OWC\/2011-_LLC7347-ThreeSistersBristlecones,2048x1365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clone backups are identical copies of your Mac&#8217;s volumes. 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