Once the new version of the operating system arrives macOS High Sierra 10.13 the APFS file system will be a reality and application developers also have their share of work in these changes since the management of files on SSDs will be totally new.
In this case Bombich, the developer of Carbon Copy Cloner announces that its tool for making copies or file sharing will be compatible with this new file format implemented by Apple first in iOS and in the next version of macOS.
There are several options to make backup copies of our discs with CCC, but the simplest mode of the tool offers us several possibilities. In this mode we can use the sidebar to eliminate some elements of the user interface that add more options to the volume copies, in this way we have the main buttons to copy the disk: Origin, Destination and Clone button. If we want to keep a task in the purest Time Machine style we can leave out Simple Mode and launch ourselves into the tasks of programming, eliminating elements to be copied and more.
In any case, Carbon Copy Cloner 5 will not stop being functional when the new version of Apple's operating system arrives and the update from CCC 4 to CCC 5 could not be easier. We open CCC 5 and CCC v4 tasks are automatically updated. If after 30 days you decide to keep CCC 4, we will open CCC 4 and select the option to downgrade. CCC 4 will reload the tasks from the original CCC v4 and everything will go back to the way it was before testing CCC v5.
Carbon Copy Cloner turned 18 years old on August 15 trajectory and without a doubt we can say that this is one of the applications to consider for cloning our disks in addition to using the Apple Time Machine utility. In any case you have all the details and the option to buy this application directly from the developer's website Bombich. We also have a 30-day trial version available, so you can test this tool and then decide whether or not to purchase.