Pick Carbon Copy Cloner if
mac households who will pay $49.99 for a bootable clone — not Arq first unless they want versioned cloud backup.
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Our take
Pick Carbon Copy Cloner if mac households who will pay $49.99 for a bootable clone — not Arq first unless they want versioned cloud backup. Pick ForkLift if mac users who will buy Single US$19.95 (1yr updates) after they browse a first local+remote pair — then Family US$29.95 or 2-year US$34.95 if they want that window, not Transmit US$45 first unless they want Panic’s cloud connector list, and not if they need
Best for
Carbon Copy Cloner Clone that disk at a public $
ForkLift Local + remote panes you start at a public $
Free plan
Carbon Copy Cloner No free plan
ForkLift No free plan
Lowest paid
Carbon Copy Cloner CCC for iOS transfer $2.99
ForkLift 1 year of updates $19.95
Next step up
Carbon Copy Cloner CCC 7 Household $49.99
ForkLift 2 years of updates $34.95
Watch out
Carbon Copy Cloner Household is non-commercial
ForkLift macOS-only
Last checked
Carbon Copy Cloner 2026-10-26 · bombich.com
ForkLift 2026-10-23 · binarynights.com/store
Which one, then?
Pick ForkLift if
mac users who will buy Single US$19.95 (1yr updates) after they browse a first local+remote pair — then Family US$29.95 or 2-year US$34.95 if they want that window, not Transmit US$45 first unless they want Panic’s cloud connector list, and not if they need Windows.
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