Carbon Copy Cloner is a backup and disk cloning utility for macOS made by Bombich.

Carbon Copy Cloner version 1 was released on January 18, 2002.

[3] CCC's main window lets users select a source disk and a destination disk, and optionally deselect source files or folders from being copied.

A minimal version of the Mac OS, residing on the internal storage device, has to verify the integrity of the operating system carried on the backup device before recovery can take place.

[6] Carbon Copy Cloner has been extensively covered in Apple-related publications, and received positive reviews.