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   Carbon Copy Cloner 3.5

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Like many software titles getting updated in advance of OS X 10.8
   Mountain Lion, version 3.5 of Bombich Software's [1]Carbon Copy Cloner
   backup utility adds compliance with the Gatekeeper security feature
   thanks to a new signed Apple Developer Certificate, and includes the
   capability to create a bootable Mountain Lion installer volume (once
   you've purchased and downloaded Mountain Lion). However, the bigger
   news is that the app is no longer donationware as Bombich Software
   transitions to a commercial model to grow its development and support
   team. Carbon Copy Cloner 3.5 is now $39.95, but is available at a 25
   percent discount ($29.96) through August 12. If you previously paid for
   Carbon Copy Cloner and checked the 'I paid' button, you won't be asked
   to purchase the app again (though if your preferences have been
   cleared, be sure to read the [2]release notes to learn how to retrieve
   your registration info).

   The new release overhauls its Recovery HD support for instances where
   you have multiple backup volumes with different operating systems,
   enabling you to associate a Recovery HD with each one and apply the
   appropriate OS to each Recovery HD partition. Carbon Copy Cloner 3.5
   now requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later, but Bombich Software
   will continue to provide user support and fixes for version 3.4 used on
   10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard installations for the near future. The new
   release also improves performance of deleting scheduled tasks, fixes an
   issue that occurred when running OS X 10.7.4 with a 64-bit kernel that
   resulted in external volumes not mounting when booted from a backup
   volume, and updates the graphics for displaying on the new MacBook Pro
   with Retina Display. ($39.95 new, free update if you donated
   previously, 8.6 MB)

References

   1. http://www.bombich.com/
   2. http://www.bombich.com/software/updates/ccc-3.5.html

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