How to verify or test your backup

System Preferences > Startup Disk

After clicking the lock in the lower lefthand corner, select the backup volume that you would like to verify. Click Restart.

When your Mac has finished restarting, choose About this Mac... from the Apple menu.

Verify that you are booted from the backup volume.

Launch a few applications and verify that your data is intact.

Reset your startup disk in the Startup Disk preference pane (as described earlier) to your original startup disk, then restart your computer.

For a more in-depth verification of the integrity of your backup, see the Advanced Settings article to learn more about the Find and replace corrupted files option.

• Some applications behave differently or ask for the serial number on the cloned volume. Did CCC miss something?"
• "The disk usage on the destination doesn't match the source — did CCC miss some files?"
• Help! My clone won't boot!