[X4U] X4U Digest, Vol 115, Issue 8

[Jim Warthman]

Paul,
It doesn't need to be either/or. In fact, best practice would be to use SuperDuper (or Carbon Copy Cloner) to keep a duplicate (clone) volume, and also use Time Machine for its ability to reach back to earlier versions of any file or folder.

he problem with *only* using a clone is that a problem may be discovered on the primary drive some time AFTER the clone was updated. A file may be corrupt or missing, and the clone would have the SAME problem! With Time Machine, that's not an issue!

Enjoy,

Jim

On Jun 13, 2014, at 8:09 PM, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:

> I advised him to use SuperDuper instead of Time Machine.  He'll do so.
> He's quite happy now he upgraded to 10.6.  Today he'll go to 10.9.
> 
> Paul Moortgat
> 
> 
> On 13 Jun 2014, at 22:49, PHIL CORPUS wrote:
> 
> I suggest your friend use Time Machine to back up his entire system.  After he upgrades to 10.6, he can follow the onscreen instructions to reinstall whatever applications and/or user files from his old OS that he decides he wants to keep.
> 
> After the upgrade, he'll need to update all of his applications.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Phil
>