” in the During copy options, as shown above in the To do this, simply select “Smart Update from Only those files that have been changed will be updated on the SuperDuper’s Smart Update feature to incrementally back up the iMac. Increment Me, Schedule Me, Just Don’t Bore MeĪfter performing the initial backup, the next step is to use These range fromĭoing nothing, the default, to restarting from the target drive or Perform several actions after the backup is complete. You’re looking to perform, and then you can have SuperDuper Tell it what to do to the target drive and what sort of backup Have SuperDuper repair your drive’s permissions (I recommend this), As you can see from the screenshot below, you can Other two are related to what Shirt Pocket calls the Sandbox, whichĪfter selecting your script, you’ll need to set your options for this Rather, I thought it important to look into the script creationĪ quick aside on the other three default scripts: one is “Backup-userįiles,” which backs up just the files in the current user’ home folder. Reinventing the wheel with my own script that does the same thing. “Backup-all files,” so one could make the argument that I was I will note that one of the four default scripts in SuperDuper is The aforementioned backup script was very simple: back up everything. Volumnius arrived, it was time to give SuperDuper its first workout. Having any external drives that even come close to 500 GB, I ordered anĮxternal of that capacity from LaCie. New iMac with the upgraded hard drive, which weighs in at 500 GB. Seeing that my new iMac Core Duo’s hard drive is cloned.

I created my own backup script to fill my most pressing backup need: SuperDuper comes with four default backup scripts, but you canĬhoose to create as many as your needs dictate. ItĪsks you to choose what you are copying, and where you are copying it I may have finally found thatĪs you can see in the above screen shot, it’s a very simple interface. I’ve looked at and used off and on numerousīackup and syncing utilities, and just hadn’t found one I felt I couldĬount on for all of my backup needs. Other times, I would perform a full cloning of the drive in Not something you should put off for another day.Īs for me, most of the time I would simply copy data to an externalĭrive. To say it after me: setting up a backup system that works for you is Many have said it before me, and many will continue Tend to think about backing up their data: after they’ve already lost Years with an imperfect and just as unreliable backup system: wheneverĪfter a bad crash that lost me a month’s worth of e-mail, I began to Now on a shelf, and Retrospect no longer resides on the hard drive as a Unreliable oblivion, at least for this user. Integrated the aforementioned tape backup drive nicely.Īt the same time the tape backup drive began to show its age in theĪmount of data it could store, Retrospect began its slide into Was greatly respected within the Macintosh backup community, and it Tape drive, and it came with backup software called Retrospect. Gigabytes per tape and connected via FireWire. Once upon a time, there was a tape backup drive. Trial: Feature-limited (missing Smart Update, etc.)

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