I too, was a CCC user. When I saw SD! i was a wondering "why pay" if CCC is "donationware" ?
So I downloaded SD! to give it a fair try. Back then I had only an external FW drive and did a clone "more or less everyday". (It saved me once tho!).
When I first saw SD! i wasn't really "impressed"... until I figured out the smartupdate... it really takes no more than 5-10 minutes. Then when you start using SD! you realize that even when there are things that I'd change or improve (Greatly), it's way much faster and complete than CCC. I mean no disrespect for CCC, which is an excellent piece of donationware software if all you need is clone a drive from time to time. But SD provides much more control and allows you to run custom scripts, etc.
I'd recommend it to anyone over CCC. The only reason why I wouldn't pay for SD! if, as I've said before, all I need are a handful of Full Clones (this sounds like Star Wars, no pun intended) from time to time. But even then, SD! can do that possibly faster.
GOod luck.
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