Hi, What is ccc? Kim On 2012-07-28, at 2:14 PM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey all. I can't update to the latest version yet but here is what the page > says when you click check for updates. > > CCC is no longer freeware. If you're using CCC 3.4 and would like to continue > using it under the "free" model, do not install this update. > > If you have not donated to Bombich Software in the past, this version of CCC > will impose a 30-day trial. In order to grow our support and development > team, we have made the transition to a commercial product. This will allow us > to to continue offering frequent updates to our software, including new > features. This will also enable our stellar customer support to remain that > way. Transitioning from donationware to a commercial offering underscores our > commitment to deliver the best Mac OS X cloning and backup utility on the > market. > > and this is what it says with the faq of can I use the older version. > > Yes, absolutely. Note, however, that previous versions of CCC are not > qualified against Mountain Lion. Choose "Update CCC..." from the Carbon Copy > Cloner menu to see options for disabling the CCC software update checks. > > If you donated in the past before jul 24 of this year where is what it says > about you downloading a free copy. > No. To express our appreciation to all of the people who have sent a > verifiable donation to Bombich Software prior to July 24, 2012 , we will > grant a registration code for CCC 3.5. If you are a previous donor and see a > message about a 30-day trial, you can retrieve your registration code. We > have done our best to automatically generate registration codes for all that > have donated in the past, so please first try to retrieve your registration > code via the web, as described below. > > Please note that Carbon Copy Cloner has never been sold as part of a software > or hardware bundle in the past. Also, note that simply clicking the "I paid" > button (which would have suppressed the banners) is not the same thing as > sending a donation to us. The only way you could have donated to Bombich > Software is through a PayPal payment or a donation sent through postal mail. > > If you are currently using CCC and have not donated in the past, you are > welcome to continue using any version up to and including 3.4.6 as long as > you like without purchasing a license. However, in order to qualify for a > free CCC 3.5 license, you must have made a donation to Bombich Software prior > to July 24, 2012. As of this date, we phased out the donation model > > Here is what it says in regards to the fix for the new update. > > This version of CCC requires Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion, > and is fully qualified on each of those OSes. We will continue to provide > user support and bug fixes for Tiger and Leopard users on CCC 3.4.x for a > while longer. > Recovery HD support has been overhauled to better support the concept of "one > Recovery HD partition per volume", rather than one per disk. If you have > multiple backup volumes with different OSes (e.g. Lion and Mountain Lion), > CCC can associate a Recovery HD with each one and apply the appropriate OS to > each Recovery HD partition. > We have leveraged code signing within CCC for nearly five years. For > GateKeeper compliance on Mountain Lion, however, CCC is now signed with an > Apple Developer Certificate. > > Hope that helps some of you who did not read the release notes. I am > considering buying this software if it is not too much as for me it is the > best program I have ever used.************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx