Mike Bombich

Mike Bombich is a former employee of Apple and the president of Bombich Software.Founder, Bombich Software, Mike Bombich (#2) by John Martellaro, The Mac Observer. 2019-07-01.
==Early life and education==
Mike Bombich is an identical twin and self-identifies as a clone.About Bombich Software, Bombich Software. Accessed 2020-05-28. He received a B.A. in biology from Kalamazoo College and a M.A. in biology from Bowling Green State University, where he was also a tech support specialist.Mike Bombich, LinkedIn. Accessed 2020-05-28. Bombich's company biography states that he experimented with cloning DNA in college, but found cloning Macintosh drives to be more interesting.
==Career==
===Apple===
Bombich joined Apple Computer in May 2002 and became a solutions architect for higher education accounts. As a systems engineer, he was a presenter at the 2003 and 2004 Worldwide Developers Conferences, covering topics such as using AppleScript Studio to apply user interfaces to Unix command line tools, and using Apple Remote Desktop for mass deployment.Apple WWDC 2003 Session 613 - Migrating UNIX SysAdmin Tools to Mac OS X by Apple WWDC Videos, YouTube. 2017-02-05.Apple WWDC 2004 Session 641 - Integrating Apple Remote Desktop by Apple WWDC Videos, YouTube. 2017-02-18.
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===Bombich Software===
Bombich first released Carbon Copy Cloner on January 18, 2002 as a backup utility for Mac OS X, now macOS.Happy 15th Birthday CCC! by Mike Bombich, Bombich Software. 2017-08-18. He thought of it while providing tech support at Bowling Green State University because there was not yet any cloning utility for Mac OS X. With the release of Mac OS X Lion in 2010, he was receiving 120 support inquiries a day for Carbon Copy Cloner. He then left Apple to focus on Carbon Copy Cloner as a commercial application at Bombich Software and continues to attend WWDC.A brief history of CCC - Interview with Mike Bombich by Mark Lindsay, Bombich Software. 2015-03-03.A bug in macOS 10.15.5 impacts bootable backups, but we've got you covered by Mike Bombich, Bombich Software. 2020-05-27.
==References==
==External links==
*Mike Bombich at Twitter
*Mike Bombich at OWC Rocket Yard
*Carbon Copy Cloner at Bombich Software
===Interviews===
*OWC Radio #36 – Retro Interview with Mike Bombich at Other World Computing (2015-04-02)
*Essential Apple Podcast 59: Mike Bombich of CCC in Conversation by Simon Parnell at MyMac Podcasting Network (2017-10-10)
*APFS with Mike Bombich – Mac Geek Gab 796 by Mac Geek Gab at YouTube (2020-01-12)
Category:Former Apple employees