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SuperDuper & TimeMachine

lugesm

lugesm

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Sep 7, 2007
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If I connect two external hard drives, one for TimeMachine and a second drive for SuperDuper, will the programs conflict or create run-time problems for my 24" iMac?

I want a second BOOTABLE mirror-image disk, and SuperDuper appears to be a good choice.

Thanks for your comments.
L
 
My understanding is that they will only conflict if they happen to run at the same time. To minimize the chances of this happening, set SuperDuper to do its thing at a half-hour offset from Time Machine. Say Time Machine is set to back up at 4:23 PM and every hour thereafter. Tell SuperDuper to do its backup at, say, 3:53 AM (so it will run 30 minutes after the TM backup at 3:23 AM).
 
Even though SD is not Leopard-compatible (officially) yet, I have continued my SD backups without problem--yet.

We're waiting breathlessly for Shirt Pocket to release the update, hopefully within the next couple weeks?
 
I have used SuperDuper with Leopard without any significant problems. (In fact, I do not recall any problems, other than when I restored my Adobe CS3, I had neglected to keep the registration files.).

SuperDuper does offer the option of making the disk bootable. (I think even the unregistered version does that.)

Registration is required in order to do a "smart update" of the backup you have created, allowing you to update only files that have changed, or a customized list of files.
 
But when the developer says that it is not ready for Leopard I wouldn't trust it especially considering that it is a backup application

Leopard Infomation
SuperDuper! 2.1.4 is not yet fully Leopard compatible. But we're working hard to get it done as soon as we can.
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