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Stinky The Clown

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3. The biggest backup drive you can afford, plus Carbon Copy Cloner

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 01:02 AM

Sep 2014

In a MacPro, just put it inside one of the available drive bays.

If you can afford it, get another drive and use it for Time Machine.

TM and CCC may seem similar but they're not. CCC will create a bootable drive. In the event your drive fails, just reboot into the clone and keep on working.

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What's the best way to backup the hard disk on a Mac Pro? [View all] Lionel Mandrake Sep 2014 OP

I have a couple 2TB drives, Western Digital Passports. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

External terra bite or larger NV Whino Sep 2014 #2

The biggest backup drive you can afford, plus Carbon Copy Cloner Stinky The Clown Sep 2014 #3

Where the heck have you been? cbayer Sep 2014 #4

Thank you all for your advice. Lionel Mandrake Sep 2014 #5

Those are almost all possibilities, just be careful, or you will have to answer to the Coca Cola.... winstars Sep 2014 #6