[X4U] SuperDupper question

[Neil Laubenthal]

I have and use both of these packages . . .and have found both to be  
absolutely bullet proof. Slightly different modus operandi though.

A couple others you might want to look at are . . .Time Machine if  
you're running Leopard although it doesn't provide a bootable backup  
so IMO it should not serve as the only backup you have.

Synchronize Pro X or Synchronize Plus X are also nice . . these have  
very nice scheduling and also the ability to easily backup just a  
folder or three . . . functions which CCC and SD either lack or are  
very difficult to setup. SD does everything but scheduling for free  
IIRC.

I gave up on Retrospect long ago. Other backup tools that serve are  
Apple's Backup, SyncTwoFolders and probably a dozen other decent ones.  
The Tidbits folks have a nice eBook on the subject as well.

Finally . . .consider the possibility of having an online backup for  
you data. You certainly won't want to backup a whole drive this  
way . . .but backing up your documents to the net can save your bacon  
if your house burns down. Mozy and JungleDisk are probably the top two  
contenders here . . . but Mozy has a fundamental issue with Mac file  
resource forks and does not restore properly. JungleDisk costs $20 or  
so for as many computers as you want . . . plus you pay a monthly fee  
to Amazon for the drive space (it uses their S3 service) . . . my bill  
runs a couple bucks a month and I keep 15 or 20 GB out in my online  
backup.

On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:07 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

> I am in the process of replacing my backup program (DON'T ASK!).
> There seem to be two finalists Superdupper and Carbon Copy Cloner.
>
> I have tried CCC and I had so many issues its difficult to explain.

> Randy Singer was nice enough to suggest Superdupper and it seemed  
> just what I wanted *EXCEPT* when I tried to run the function it said  
> I had to pay for the product. No tryout, no nothing buy it like a  
> pig in a polk. Now $27 is not a lot of money but its more of the  
> principle than anything. I consider it crippleware now before you  
> chime in and defend anything (either package) I am not going to  
> defend either one as A. Either too complicated to set up or B.  
> Functionless (AFAIK) for what I need (without paying money).
>
> Can someone suggest a good solid (and has support) backup program? I  
> had one when I first went to the MAC that was really complicated and  
> I spent $50-75 (or more its been over 5 years) on it and never  
> really used it so I am a bit distrustful of backup programs,  
> especially when they are overly complicated to either run or set up.