I still like the power simplicity of cloned, bootable backups. There’s something reassuring about having a backup that if you have a meltdown, you just choose from the option key boot loader. You’re back up and running in minutes rather than having to restore from a Time Machine disk. Of late, I’ve used Super Duper, but before that, I always used Carbon Copy Cloner.
CCC is free (donations are very appreciated) and powerful. It recently saw a second digit update. This little update includes rsync 3.0.0, improves Leopard compatibility, and includes several other bug fixes. If you’re thinking about implementing a cloned backup as part of your backup strategy (you are backup, yes?), then give CCC a good strong look.
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