aisonl361 wrote:
Please, in VERY simple non-techy terms, can someone recommend an easy-to-install, easy-to-understand alternative to Time Machine?
I use CarbonCopyCloner. It has been around a long time and is well proven. While it has a lot of advanced features it is actually quite simple to set up a basic backup procedure & schedule.
I use it to schedule backups of specific folders but you can have it back up your entire drive if you want to.
In my case there are certain folders I want backed up 2x daily, others 1x daily, others 1x weekly ... depending on how important or critical each folder is and how frequently they change. Each backup is its own task with its own schedule. I don't have to worry about running backups manually, they just run according to their schedules. And by using CCC's Safety Net feature, as files change, older versions are moved into date/time stamped Safety Net folders making older versions of files easy to get to when necessary. This is great when you accidentally delete a file or folder because you can copy it back from the previous SafetyNet folder.
One of the things I like about using CCC is that the backups are regular copies of your folders & files and you can access them via the Finder just as you would any other folder or file. They are not locked into any proprietary database or application.
