On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:48 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote: > Why do you assume that "most folks" prefer an archival type of > backup? SuperDuper! is wildly popular among Mac users. I wouldn't > be surprised to find that more users use SuperDuper! than Time > Machine, even though Time Machine comes with OS X. It would be > interesting to take a poll. I use both. Time Machine to do my hourly backups onto an external drive. SuperDuper to do my daily "cloning" of my internal drive onto another external hard drive. Then I also use SuperDuper to back up my Time Machine backup once a week, again onto an external drive. All are automated and require no intervention from me.