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I never trusted Time Machine, my primary line of defense is rsync to a server running ZFS with hourly snapshots, and weekly rotations of offsite drives. For boo

by fmajid 9mo ago

I never trusted Time Machine, my primary line of defense is rsync to a server running ZFS with hourly snapshots, and weekly rotations of offsite drives. For bootable backups, Carbon Copy Cloner.

chmaynard 9mo ago
+1 for Carbon Copy Cloner. Rock-solid reliable and well-supported. https://bombich.com https://bombich.com
itchingsphynx 9mo ago
+1 for TM to ZFS - although over samba. A ZFS snapshot at each successful disconnection means any occasional corruption is simple to rollback. Also I’m using nightly Arc backup to B2 of critical files.
wlonkly 9mo ago
I am a long-time CCC user, but bootable backups haven't been supported for a while now, basically since Big Sur -- if you're counting on that, make sure you're testing it regularly. https://bombich.com/blog/2024/12/19/bootable-backups-have-been-deprecated-for-several-years https://bombich.com/blog/2024/12/19/bootable-backups-have-be...