I have had Time Machine fail on me when I tried to restore from a backup on the network that was not unmounted properly. It would not let me get to it in any wa

I have had Time Machine fail on me when I tried to restore from a backup on the network that was not unmounted properly. It would not let me get to it in any way, and trying to debug the issue from public forums was impossible. In the end I gave up on it as most important files were backed up separately. Now I'm using Carbon Copy Cloner [0]. It has the same ease of use as Time Machine, it gives you bootable backups and it has the best documentation I have ever come across. Pretty much every possible use case and error case is described with workarounds. Time Machine is great when it works, but when it doesn't it turns into an absolute nightmare. Also it gives you very little insight into what it is doing or what state it is in. PS: I'm not affiliated with CCC. Just a very happy user who got bitten by Time Machine too many times. [0] https://bombich.com/ https://bombich.com/