

Once you have migrated your user accounts and applications using Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant, you can continue to use Carbon Copy Cloner to back up your Mac to the same backup volume that you were using for the old Mac. You can migrate directly from a CCC backup of your old Mac. Due to this limitation, we recommend that you use the Setup Assistant application (runs on your Mac's very first boot) or the Migration Assistant application to migrate content from your old Mac to a new Macintosh. Your new Macintosh cannot boot from the older version and build of macOS that is installed on your older Mac, so simply cloning your old Mac onto your new Mac won't work.

When you get a new computer from Apple, it has a specific version of macOS installed on it, and further, a hardware-specific "build". Use Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant to migrate data from a CCC backup to a new Mac
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If you want to update your cloned volume in the future, simply run the same task (or schedule it so it runs automatically) and CCC will update the backup volume with only the items that have changed since your last backup.

When you get your machine back from repair, you have to deal with locating any modified documents on your loaner computer and copying them to your original computer. This lack of organization can be very frustrating and inhibit your productivity. In the meantime, you not only have to borrow another computer for the duration of the repair, you also don't have your data, applications and work environment exactly as they were on your machine. Suppose your laptop is damaged and you must send it in for repair. There are many different reasons to make an exact clone of your hard drive.
