Carbon Copy Cloner requires macOS. CCC will not run on Windows. CCC 5 and 6 both run natively on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
Install El Capitan Download
Sep 30, 2015 Install El Capitan. OK, now you can click that Continue button in the installer window. (If the installer isn’t running, go to your Applications folder and double click the Install OS X El. On Mac OS X 'El Capitan' (version 10.11.3 15D21), sshpass can be compiled with './configure; make; sudo make install' provided xcode and command-line tools are installed first. This comment has been minimized.
CCC 6 is the latest version available. Users running Catalina (10.15) or Big Sur (11.*) should use this version of CCC. If you are having trouble downloading CCC from the link above, try this alternate download location.
- If you are trying to install OS X Mavericks on a computer using an AMD processor, you'll have to type the boot flag 'amd' or 'amd64' (without quotation marks)- which flag you need depends on your specific processor, so test one flag a time. Type the boot flag 'amdfx' (also without quotation marks) if your AMD processor has 'FX' in its model name.
- The problem I am having now is that I cannot download another OS X Mountain Lion through this utility (getting the 'This item is temporarily unavailable. Try again later.' ) I can pull up the command line but have no intel on what the command would be in order to download/install the actual OS X.
Upgrading from CCC 5? CCC 6 is a paid upgrade. CCC 5 Personal and Household licenses purchased prior to February 18, 2021 are eligible for upgrade pricing. When you open CCC 6, it will automatically retrieve your new license or an upgrade coupon that you can use to purchase CCC 6 at 50% off. CCC 5 licenses purchased on or after February 18, 2021 are eligible for a free CCC 6 upgrade license.
CCC 6: Support for macOS 11 Big Sur
CCC 6 is qualified for macOS 11 Big Sur. Please take a moment to review the following resources prior to upgrading to macOS Big Sur:
CCC 6: Beta testing on macOS 12.0 Monterey
If you're beta-testing Apple's new macOS 12.0 Monterey, you can help us test CCC 6 against the new OS too. CCC 6.0.2 includes preliminary support for Monterey.
Please choose Ask a Question from CCC's Help menu to let us know if you encounter any problems or have questions about support for new features of that OS.
- CCC v6 Release Notes.
Carbon Copy Cloner 5 is compatible with Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan(10.11), Sierra (10.12), High Sierra (10.13), Mojave (10.14), Catalina (10.15) and Big Sur (11.*). Note that while this version of CCC may work on OSes newer than Big Sur, we recommend that Big Sur+ users upgrade to CCC 6. We offer technical support for CCC 5, but we are no longer actively developing it. If you are having trouble downloading CCC from the link above, try this alternate download location.
Unsupported Versions
Cannot Install El Capitan
Download CCC 4.1.24 for use on Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks (10.9), Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan(10.11), Sierra (10.12) and High Sierra (10.13). If you are having trouble downloading CCC from the link above, try this alternate download location.
Download CCC 3.5.7 for use on Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7). Download CCC 3.4.7 for use on Tiger (10.4) and Leopard (10.5). CCC 3.4.7 and 3.5.7 are provided as-is; we regret that we cannot offer any support for the installation or use of these older versions of CCC.