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Best Backup Software for Mac
Time Machine, cloning tools, and cloud backup solve different problems. Here's how the main Mac backup options compare, and which fits which kind of user.
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Mac app · Shirt Pocket
SuperDuper!
Best for: Simple full-disk clones.
- Best for
- Simple full-disk clones
- Developer
- Shirt Pocket
- Price
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- Our testing
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Pricing options
Free
Free
Full backup and restore, no scheduling
Registered
About $28 one-time
Adds scheduling, Smart Update and sandbox features
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Features
- Full-disk bootable clones
- Smart Update copies only changed files
- Scheduled backups in the paid version
- Simple one-window interface
- Sandboxes in the paid version to test OS changes safely
Benefits and disadvantages
Benefits
- Very simple to use
- Inexpensive one-time purchase
- Useful free tier for one-off clones
- Reliable, mature codebase
Disadvantages (cons)
- Only does disk cloning, not versioned history
- No cloud or off-site backups
- Interface and feature set are minimal
- Apple Silicon clones follow Apple's restrictions on bootability
Who should use SuperDuper!
- Users who want a straightforward disk clone
- People about to upgrade macOS who want a safety copy
- Anyone who finds Carbon Copy Cloner overwhelming
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