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For organizational purposes, some people prefer to back up their data to a subfolder on the backup volume rather than to the root level of that volume. You can use this setting to achieve that goal. By specifying the relative path to a subfolder (simply indicate the name of a folder, CCC will create it if it does not exist), CCC will copy the contents of your source volume into a single folder on the target volume:
- Choose "Advanced Settings..." from the Carbon Copy Cloner menu
- Type the name of the subfolder or the relative path to the subfolder in the first text field You can also drag the folder from the Finder and drop it onto this text field to populate the path
- Click the "Close" button
Note that you will not be able to boot from an installation of Mac OS X that was backed up to a subfolder, nor will you be able to select the subfolder as a source volume in CCC. You can still access your files on the backup volume via the Finder.
There are two common scenarios in which you might consider this option where alternatives may be better: 1) You maintain items at the root level of your target volume that you do not want to be erased, yet you want to do incremental backups, deleting items on the backup that were deleted from the source. 2) You want to use the target volume to back up more than one computer.
If you simply want to protect content that exists on your backup volume and not on the source volume, consider using the "Protect root-level items on the target" option rather than the "Clone to a subfolder..." setting. This achieves your goal while allowing you to maintain a bootable backup of your hard drive.
If your goal is to backup multiple computers, consider backing up each machine to a disk image. While you cannot boot from a subfolder or a disk image, CCC offers a simple interface for restoring from a disk image backup.