Carbonite
Carbonite is a backup and recovery system extension for macOS System Settings that provides automatic, cloud-based file backup for Mac computers. It sits in System Preferences/Settings and allows users to configure and manage continuous backups of their documents, photos, and files to Carbonite's cloud storage, with recovery options for deleted or corrupted files. The extension is distributed as part of the larger Carbonite Safe backup application suite from Open Text.
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1 suggestionCarbonite does not yet have a native Apple Silicon build. According to Open Text's official support documentation, Carbonite is not natively designed for M-series Macs and relies on Rosetta 2 to run under emulation. This PreferencePane component is part of the larger Carbonite Safe backup application — to address the Apple Silicon incompatibility, you need to update the main Carbonite Safe application itself through Open Text's vendor installer or your Carbonite account dashboard. Contact Open Text support or visit support.carbonite.com to check whether a native Apple Silicon build of Carbonite Safe has become available, as this timeline is critical: Apple is removing Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (scheduled September 2028), after which an Intel-only Carbonite will stop functioning entirely. If Open Text has not committed to a native build by late 2027, begin researching native-Apple-Silicon backup alternatives such as Arq, Backblaze, or Duplicacy.
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