The Best Mac Backup Software category is for software designed, at a minimum, to perform a backup of a user's data. Applications in this category may also provide other services, such as backing up the entire system, creating archives, and creating clones. We selected the top four nominees in this category and now it's up to you to make the final decision.
Which Mac Backup Software deserves to be this year's Reader's Choice Winner? Our Reader's Choice Poll will open for voting on February 1, and closes on February 25. Winners will be announced in March.
Poll: Which Mac Backup Software should be the Reader's Choice Winner?
Polling Has Closed
- SuperDuper 2.6
- Time Machine 1.1
- Carbon Copy Cloner 3.3
- SilverKeeper 2.0
Click the appropriate link above to vote for your favorite Mac Backup Software.
SuperDuper from Shirt Pocket Software takes what for many is a difficult problem (making a bootable backup of a startup drive), and turns it into a simple, repeatable process that encourages you to keep your data backed up.
SuperDuper web site
Time Machine, the backup software included with the Mac OS since OS X 10.5, lets you easily create and maintain current backups of all your important data. It also makes recovering lost files a simple, and dare I say fun, process.
Time Machine web site
Carbon Copy Cloner from Bombich Software has come a long way from its original incarnation. What was once just a tool for Mac geeks to clone startup drives is now a top-notch cloning and backup utility for Mac users of all experience levels.
Carbon Copy Cloner web site
SilverKeeper is freely available backup software developed by LaCie for use with its line of external hard drives. You can use SilverKeeper with any storage device that can be mounted locally on your Mac. SilverKeeper performs automatic backups via a schedule you create.
SilverKeeper's web site
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