CCC for Mac Leopard

As anyone who follows my ramblings on this blog will know, I am an enthusiastic fan of Apple computers. I tolerated Windows for years and years, and even built Windows-powered PCs for my family. There is nothing worse than trying to focus on writing a book or document only to have the plagues endemic to Microsoft Windows interfere. But that was before I came back to Apple in 2004.

Today, I am not alone in my passion for using Mac computers to unleash creativity. Apple stores are packed most of the time with people of all ages, eager to get their hands on a new Mac. The company’s stock price soars, regardless of the market, reflecting the company’s success.

Mac’s new operating system - Leopard - is fabulous yet there is a reality of any model of computer — there’s always a chance of a hard drive error or crash. It is just smart to backup your computer to an external hard drive.Macs have a firewire connection with external drives that is so fast the computer can actually boot-up from the external drive, if necessary.

I recommend an outstanding backup software program for Mac Leopard, written by Mike Bombich in Misssouri. It’s called Carbon Copy Cloner and it works like a dream. Carbon Copy Clone is precisely what it says — it makes an exact copy of your computer on an external drive. That’s the safest kind of backup. CCC is easy to use and fast.

Mike only asks for a $10 donation if you download and use his software, which is more than fair.