Carbon Copy Cloner doesn't delete on backup drive what I delete on main drive

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Carbon Copy Cloner doesn't delete on backup drive what I delete on main drive

I noticed that Carbon Copy Cloner doesn't delete folders and images you delete on your main drive.

This way you keep things you don't want on your backup drive and makes it full quicker.

How can I get Carbon Copy Cloner to keep the backup drive and the main drive exactly the same - also to delete files that I delete on the main drive.

This way your backup drive gets full much faster (even if you delete the timemachine style deleted backups)

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), 512 Gb SSD, 16 Gb RAM,

Posted on Dec 6, 2015 12:26 PM

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Answer 1

Ocean 17 Author

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Dec 6, 2015 7:29 PM in response to Flying Pelican

I was under the impression "safety net on" would remove a deleted file and move it into the "safety" folder.

But the folders were left at their original location. I am sure about this because they were folders of portraits of clients long delivered and I didn't need the RAW files any more.

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tjk

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Dec 6, 2015 3:01 PM in response to Ocean 17

Hi Ocean,

I don't use CCC anymore, but I'm positive there's a setting to do what you want. If you don't get an answer here, look through the menu choices. I would also contact CCC's support; they're very good about answering questions.

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Dec 6, 2015 7:27 PM in response to Ocean 17

You need to turn safety net off in order to fix your issue. Safety Net ON keeps files that are deleted at the source, Safety Net off makes a clone copy of the drive and deletes any files that are deleted on the source drive.

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Answer 4

Dec 7, 2015 8:20 AM in response to Ocean 17

By default, SafetyNet protects root-level items that are unique to the destination. So if the items in question were at the root of the destination, the "Protect root-level items" setting is what's causing those items to be protected:

https://bombich.com/kb/ccc4/protecting-data-already-on-your-destination-volume-c arbon-copy-cloner-safetynet

That setting is on by default when SafetyNet is on, but you can decouple it from SafetyNet using advanced settings.

If the items in question were not unique to the root-level of the destination, then something else is going on. In some cases (e.g. when CCC has detected media problems on the source or destination), CCC will suspend deletions and archives as a safety precaution. In any case, choose "Report a problem" from CCC's Help menu, we're happy to help you get it sorted out.

Mike

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