Carbon Copy Cloner requires macOS. CCC will not run on Windows.
Carbon Copy Cloner 5 is the latest version available. Users running Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan (10.11), Sierra (10.12), High Sierra (10.13), Mojave (10.14), or Catalina (10.15) should use this version of CCC. If you are having trouble downloading CCC from the link above, try this alternate download location.
- When you need a complete, simple backup of your entire hard drive: Open Carbon Copy Cloner Choose the volume that you want to clone from the Source selector Choose a properly-formatted volume from the Destination menu.
- Note that Carbon Copy Cloner is not a free program (and it’s also somewhat complicated to use). Tagged with: backups, Carbon Copy Cloner, computer support, Macrium Reflect, system images FREE – 2 X USB2 Flash Drives.
- Carbon Copy Cloner For Windows free download - Second Copy, Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, TeraCopy, and many more programs.
Upgrading from CCC 4? CCC 5 is a paid upgrade. CCC 4 Personal and Household licenses purchased prior to May 22, 2017 are eligible for upgrade pricing. When you open CCC 5, it will automatically retrieve your new license or an upgrade coupon that you can use to purchase CCC 5 at 50% off. CCC 4 licenses purchased on or after May 22, 2017 are eligible for a free CCC 5 upgrade license.
With Carbon Copy Cloner, your data and the operating system's data are all preserved on a bootable volume, ready for production at a moment's notice. When disaster strikes, simply boot from your backup and get back to using your Mac.
CCC 5: Support for macOS 11 Big Sur
CCC 5.1.22 (and later) is qualified for macOS 11 Big Sur. Open CCC and choose 'Check for updates...' from the Carbon Copy Cloner to get the update, or click the 'Download CCC 5' button above. Please take a moment to review the following resources prior to upgrading to macOS Big Sur:
Carbon Copy Cloner 4.1.24 is compatible with Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks (10.9), Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan(10.11), Sierra (10.12) and High Sierra (10.13). Note that while this version of CCC may work on El Capitan and newer OSes, we recommend that El Capitan+ users upgrade to CCC 5. We offer technical support for CCC 4, but we are no longer actively developing it. If you are having trouble downloading CCC from the link above, try this alternate download location.
CCC 4 and Mojave+: CCC 4 is qualified up to macOS High Sierra. CCC 4 license holders are welcome to continue using CCC 4 on later OSes with the understanding that this is an untested and unsupported configuration. CCC 5 is fully qualified on macOS Mojave and offers extensive support for APFS, including support for point-in-time restores via APFS filesystem snapshots.
Unsupported Versions
Download CCC 3.5.7 for use on Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7). Download CCC 3.4.7 for use on Tiger (10.4) and Leopard (10.5). CCC 3.4.7 and 3.5.7 are provided as-is; we regret that we cannot offer any support for the installation or use of these older versions of CCC.
Restoring individual items from your backup volume can be done in the Finder via drag and drop – simply find that item on the backup disk, then drag it back to your startup disk. If you're restoring more than a handful of items to your startup disk, configure a folder-to-folder task to restore specific folders from your backup disk to a specific folder on your startup disk.
If you're trying to restore system files, applications, or perhaps everything from your backup, proceed with the steps below to boot your Mac from the backup disk and then restore your backup disk to your Mac's internal hard drive.
Attach the Backup Disk to Your Macintosh
Attach the backup disk to your Mac using a USB or Thunderbolt cable.
Open the Startup Disk Preference Pane
System Preferences > Startup Disk
Select the Backup Volume
Click the padlock icon at the bottom of the window to authenticate, then select the backup disk that you would like to use to restore. Click Restart. This will reboot the system from your backup and allow you to clone the backup onto your main hard drive.
If you are unable to use the Startup Disk Preference Pane...
If you cannot change the startup disk using the Startup Disk Preference Pane (e.g. you are unable to boot from your original hard drive), hold down the Option key (Intel Macs) or the Power button (Apple Silicon Macs) as you start up your Mac. Your backup disk should appear as a startup disk option in the Startup Manager. If you don't see your backup volume listed in the Startup Manager, see the Help! My clone won't boot! section of CCC's documentation for additional troubleshooting suggestions.
Note: If you cannot boot your Mac from your backup disk, or if you are migrating data to a new Mac, then you can use Migration Assistant to migrate data from your CCC backup disk.
Prepare the disk that you're restoring to
Unless you're restoring just a handful of individual files, we recommend that you restore your backup to a freshly-formatted disk. See Preparing your backup disk for a backup of OS X for complete instructions on how to format the destination. Please note that this is especially important when restoring macOS High Sierra and later.
Open Carbon Copy Cloner
When your Mac has finished restarting, open Carbon Copy Cloner. Applications >Carbon Copy Cloner
Note: When you open CCC on your backup volume, CCC will prompt to guide you in setting up a restore task, in which case the instructions here are redundant. If you decline this offer, CCC will indicate that your regularly-scheduled tasks are suspended. If prompted, choose the option to leave your tasks suspended. Likewise, choose 'Revert changes' if prompted to save your tasks.
Create a New Task
Click + in the TASKS header. Click Show Sidebar if necessary.
Name the new task.
Select the Source
Click on the dotted box under the Source heading to view available sources. Click to select your backup volume as the Source. Catalina users: You do not need to create a separate restore task to restore the System and Data volumes, CCC will restore both volumes.
Select the Destination
Click on the dotted box under the Destination heading to view available destinations. Click to select the volume that you want to restore to.
Click Clone
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Click the Clone button in the lower-right corner to start the restore task.
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Reset the Startup Disk
After the clone is finished, choose Startup Disk from CCC's Utilities menu, then reset the startup disk to your original startup disk and restart your computer.
Test the Restoration
Launch a few applications and verify that your data is intact.