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   Carbon Copy Cloner 5.0

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Celebrating its [1]15th year of creating bootable backups, Bombich
   Software has released [2]Carbon Copy Cloner 5.0 (CCC) with support for
   macOS 10.13 High Sierra and the APFS file system (see '[3]Tripping to
   macOS 10.13 High Sierra,' 5 June 2017). According to this [4]blog post,
   CCC 5.0 is able to create bootable system backups from APFS to APFS,
   HFS to APFS, and APFS to HFS (as well as HFS to HFS), while also
   supporting APFS encryption for both source and destination and for
   remote Mac source and destination volumes.

   Updating the user interface with task groups that have both
   organizational and runtime behaviors, CCC 5.0 also improves its
   SafetyNet pruning settings to automatically adapt to the amount of data
   your tasks need to copy, provides guided restore tips when booting your
   Mac from a CCC backup, and brings new scheduling options (including
   hourly runtime limits). The release also enables sorting of tasks by
   name, exit status, last run date, and next run date, provides easier
   access to mounting and unmounting volumes (or revealing in the Finder),
   and adds a trend chart to the Task History window.

   [5][tn_ccc5-userinterface.jpg]

   Priced at $39.99, you can [6]upgrade to version 5.0 from CCC 4 for
   $19.99 (50 percent off) or from CCC 3.5 for $29.99 (25 percent off). A
   free 30-day trial is available, and it now requires a minimum of OS X
   10.10 Yosemite (CCC 4.1.18 is still available for [7]download for those
   running 10.8 Mountain Lion or 10.9 Mavericks). ($39.99 new, paid
   upgrade from CCC 3.5 and CCC 4, 12.4 MB, [8]release notes, 10.10+)

References

   1. https://bombich.com/blog/2017/08/18/happy-15th-birthday-ccc
   2. http://bombich.com/
   3. http://tidbits.com/article/17277
   4. https://bombich.com/blog/2017/07/31/carbon-copy-cloner-5-now-available-beta-testing
   5. http://tidbits.com/resources/2017-08/ccc5-userinterface.png
   6. https://bombich.com/store/upgrade
   7. https://bombich.com/download
   8. https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/release-notes

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