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Supported Processors for Carbonite Safe

Summary:

Carbonite supports current Windows and Mac processors.

This article applies to:

Carbonite Plans	Products	Platforms
Basic, Plus, Prime, Core, Power, and Ultimate (Not sure?)	Safe, Safe Pro, and Carbonite Safe Server Backup (Not sure?)	Windows and Mac

Solution:

Operating System	Supported Type	Unsupported Type
Windows	AMD	ARM
	Intel	PowerPC
Mac	Intel	AMD
	M1	ARM (excluding M1)
	M1	PowerPC

Note on CPUs: On Windows, you can check your CPU type by typing msinfo32 into the Start menu to open System Information, where the CPU type will be reported as the computer's System Type. ARM processors may appear as ARM-based PC or ARM64-based PC.

Additional resources:
Supported Operating Systems for Carbonite Safe
Supported Drive Formats for Carbonite Safe

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Restore: The act of downloading your backed up files from our servers to your computer.
Back up: The act of uploading a copy of your files to our servers for safekeeping.
Backup: This is the copy of files that you've backed up to our servers.
InfoCenter: This is the Carbonite user interface on the Windows version of the product.
Carbonite Backup Drive (CBUD): this is your interface into what's in your backup and how you can restore files or remove files from your backup.
Dots: We place colored status dots on your files in order for you to quickly see what's backed up.
Frozen for safekeeping (freeze backup / frozen mode) : This is a state that you can place Carbonite in to let you safely restore your backup. While in this state, no files or changes will be backed up to our servers.

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Supported Processors for Carbonite Safe

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