[G4] Carbon Copy Cloner Copy

[John Baltutis]

On 10/28/03, db <deebee at aon.at> wrote:
>
> TidBits has just pointed out that CCC is about to become obsolete, so
> to speak:
>
>> **Disk Utility Engulfs Others** -- Who knew that Disk Utility had
>>   imperialistic leanings? Previously, Disk Utility was essential for
>>   repairing damaged disks, fixing permissions, and initializing and
>>   partitioning disks. In Panther, however, Disk Utility has taken
>>   over the disk image functions of Disk Copy, so you can use it to
>>   make and burn disk images. Not stopping there, Disk Copy has also
>>   overrun the territory of the free Carbon Copy Cloner, since you
>>   can now use the controls in the Restore tab to make an exact
>>   duplicate of a disk, or restore a disk from an existing disk
>>   image. For the many people disappointed that it was impossible to
>>   duplicate a Mac OS X volume by merely dragging it, as was possible
>>   in Mac OS 9, this feature should be quite welcome. While you're in
>>   Disk Utility, note that you can click the Enable Journaling button
>>   for disks that don't currently have journaling turned on. Without
>>   going into details, with journaling on, your Mac can start up more
>>   quickly after a crash.
>
> http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-703.html
>
> something to think about for after (when/if?) you've moved over to
> Panther...

Problem is that CCC allows customization and incremental backups. Having to
duplicate the entire disk (volume) is time consuming.