Comments on: Unsponsored Review: SuperDuper http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jules Carney http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12401 Jules Carney Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12401 I have to say, you did a really nice job on explaining something that can be really tricky at times. There are times that I struggle with wrapping my head around topics like the this, thank you for summing it up well. Thanks! I have to say, you did a really nice job on explaining something that can be really tricky at times. There are times that I struggle with wrapping my head around topics like the
this, thank you for summing it up well.

Thanks!

]]> By: steve garfield http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1705 steve garfield Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:16:38 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1705 But what if you jut backup to a drive that is not partitioned? Isn't the the whole drive a partition? Can you talk more about Image Files? What are they? I use the default settings. What kind of backup is SuperDuper! making in that case? I also would like to hear about version control, because I was wondering if I could buy a new drive and have a second backup in case the first fails... It's easier for me to ask here, but if you want me to take these questions over to the SuperDuper! forum I can... Maybe SuperDuper! folks will chime in here. That would be cool. But what if you jut backup to a drive that is not partitioned? Isn’t the the whole drive a partition?

Can you talk more about Image Files? What are they? I use the default settings. What kind of backup is SuperDuper! making in that case?

I also would like to hear about version control, because I was wondering if I could buy a new drive and have a second backup in case the first fails…

It’s easier for me to ask here, but if you want me to take these questions over to the SuperDuper! forum I can… Maybe SuperDuper! folks will chime in here.

That would be cool.

]]> By: steve garfield http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12826 steve garfield Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12826 But what if you jut backup to a drive that is not partitioned? Isn't the the whole drive a partition? Can you talk more about Image Files? What are they? I use the default settings. What kind of backup is SuperDuper! making in that case? I also would like to hear about version control, because I was wondering if I could buy a new drive and have a second backup in case the first fails... It's easier for me to ask here, but if you want me to take these questions over to the SuperDuper! forum I can... Maybe SuperDuper! folks will chime in here. That would be cool. But what if you jut backup to a drive that is not partitioned? Isn’t the the whole drive a partition?

Can you talk more about Image Files? What are they? I use the default settings. What kind of backup is SuperDuper! making in that case?

I also would like to hear about version control, because I was wondering if I could buy a new drive and have a second backup in case the first fails…

It’s easier for me to ask here, but if you want me to take these questions over to the SuperDuper! forum I can… Maybe SuperDuper! folks will chime in here.

That would be cool.

]]> By: Christopher S. Penn http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1704 Christopher S. Penn Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:57:50 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1704 Steve - I back up to an image file instead of a partition. SuperDuper recommends making a separate partition on your backup drive equal to the space on your computer's drive - that Firewire partition is bootable. In my case, that doesn't work so well for me, because I try to version-control my images for off-site archiving - you can back up using SuperDuper to a Sparse Image file (which is Disk Utility's native format) and then mount that as a virtual disk, but image files are not bootable. The reason I use the strategy I use is that you can copy image files like any regular file, and so I can copy it to the network, whereas you'd have to go the extra step of imaging your bootable partition if you did the recommended route, and for what I do and how I manage my backups, that's fairly time intensive. Steve – I back up to an image file instead of a partition. SuperDuper recommends making a separate partition on your backup drive equal to the space on your computer’s drive – that Firewire partition is bootable.

In my case, that doesn’t work so well for me, because I try to version-control my images for off-site archiving – you can back up using SuperDuper to a Sparse Image file (which is Disk Utility’s native format) and then mount that as a virtual disk, but image files are not bootable.

The reason I use the strategy I use is that you can copy image files like any regular file, and so I can copy it to the network, whereas you’d have to go the extra step of imaging your bootable partition if you did the recommended route, and for what I do and how I manage my backups, that’s fairly time intensive.

]]> By: Christopher S. Penn http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12825 Christopher S. Penn Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12825 Steve - I back up to an image file instead of a partition. SuperDuper recommends making a separate partition on your backup drive equal to the space on your computer's drive - that Firewire partition is bootable. In my case, that doesn't work so well for me, because I try to version-control my images for off-site archiving - you can back up using SuperDuper to a Sparse Image file (which is Disk Utility's native format) and then mount that as a virtual disk, but image files are not bootable. The reason I use the strategy I use is that you can copy image files like any regular file, and so I can copy it to the network, whereas you'd have to go the extra step of imaging your bootable partition if you did the recommended route, and for what I do and how I manage my backups, that's fairly time intensive. Steve – I back up to an image file instead of a partition. SuperDuper recommends making a separate partition on your backup drive equal to the space on your computer’s drive – that Firewire partition is bootable.

In my case, that doesn’t work so well for me, because I try to version-control my images for off-site archiving – you can back up using SuperDuper to a Sparse Image file (which is Disk Utility’s native format) and then mount that as a virtual disk, but image files are not bootable.

The reason I use the strategy I use is that you can copy image files like any regular file, and so I can copy it to the network, whereas you’d have to go the extra step of imaging your bootable partition if you did the recommended route, and for what I do and how I manage my backups, that’s fairly time intensive.

]]> By: steve garfield http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1703 steve garfield Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:54:57 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1703 Great story. I just backed up with SuperDuper! too. It restored my failed MacBook Pro to a replacement MacBook Pro with Migration Assistant when the new replacement system was Leopard. All I had to do was add in a few serial #'s. Can you explain the part where you say you can't boot? I backup to an external Firewire dirve. Shouldn't it be bootable? Great story. I just backed up with SuperDuper! too. It restored my failed MacBook Pro to a replacement MacBook Pro with Migration Assistant when the new replacement system was Leopard. All I had to do was add in a few serial #’s.

Can you explain the part where you say you can’t boot? I backup to an external Firewire dirve. Shouldn’t it be bootable?

]]> By: steve garfield http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12824 steve garfield Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:54:00 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12824 Great story. I just backed up with SuperDuper! too. It restored my failed MacBook Pro to a replacement MacBook Pro with Migration Assistant when the new replacement system was Leopard. All I had to do was add in a few serial #'s. Can you explain the part where you say you can't boot? I backup to an external Firewire dirve. Shouldn't it be bootable? Great story. I just backed up with SuperDuper! too. It restored my failed MacBook Pro to a replacement MacBook Pro with Migration Assistant when the new replacement system was Leopard. All I had to do was add in a few serial #’s.

Can you explain the part where you say you can’t boot? I backup to an external Firewire dirve. Shouldn’t it be bootable?

]]> By: John Wall http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1702 John Wall Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:59:47 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1702 As a PC user I must say: this is some kind of crazy science fiction story. As a PC user I must say: this is some kind of crazy science fiction story.

]]> By: John Wall http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12823 John Wall Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-12823 As a PC user I must say: this is some kind of crazy science fiction story. As a PC user I must say: this is some kind of crazy science fiction story.

]]> By: Chris (Amateur Traveler podcast) http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1701 Chris (Amateur Traveler podcast) Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:41:07 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/02/22/unsponsored-review-superduper/#comment-1701 I was really stressing when I upgraded to Leopard and SuperDuper was not yet available. Now that it has been upgraded and I have a full backup (just last night) I sleep easier. I was really stressing when I upgraded to Leopard and SuperDuper was not yet available. Now that it has been upgraded and I have a full backup (just last night) I sleep easier.

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