Comments on: Back dat s*** UP! http://j2mac.com/2007/04/back-dat-s-up/ Chicken Soup for the Mac Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:15:52 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: The Mac Whisperer http://j2mac.com/2007/04/back-dat-s-up/comment-page-1/#comment-11 The Mac Whisperer Thu, 10 May 2007 02:25:00 +0000 http://j2mac.com/?p=20#comment-11 Amendment to this discussion: SuperDuper is not just for cloning. It can actually be set NOT to delete files from the backup drive (i.e. an "incremental" backup instead of a clone (which SD calls a "smart update")). What I recommend (emphatically) is that you partition an external drive so that one partition is exactly the size of your internal drive, minus 10%, to receive a perfect clone of your internal. In case of failure, you can actually boot to that external partition. Then, the second partition can either get an incremental backup of your home folder (everything you care about), or simply any files you just want to clear off your internal.<br/><br/>So, Deja Vu also does bootable backups, and so does Carbon Copy Cloner, but a bit of caution if you do bootable: After you do the first clone, test it by trying to boot to it. Amendment to this discussion: SuperDuper is not just for cloning. It can actually be set NOT to delete files from the backup drive (i.e. an “incremental” backup instead of a clone (which SD calls a “smart update”)). What I recommend (emphatically) is that you partition an external drive so that one partition is exactly the size of your internal drive, minus 10%, to receive a perfect clone of your internal. In case of failure, you can actually boot to that external partition. Then, the second partition can either get an incremental backup of your home folder (everything you care about), or simply any files you just want to clear off your internal.

So, Deja Vu also does bootable backups, and so does Carbon Copy Cloner, but a bit of caution if you do bootable: After you do the first clone, test it by trying to boot to it.

]]> By: Jonathan http://j2mac.com/2007/04/back-dat-s-up/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jonathan Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:07:00 +0000 http://j2mac.com/?p=20#comment-5 CCC is great, but I don't like it for scheduled backups or for saving and reloading settings. I also want to point out that the very free <a HREF="http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper" REL="nofollow">SilverKeeper</a> from LaCie is even more limited than CCC, and has some pretty serious bugs to boot. I would ask that any of my clients still using SilverKeeper please give me a call. CCC is great, but I don’t like it for scheduled backups or for saving and reloading settings. I also want to point out that the very free SilverKeeper from LaCie is even more limited than CCC, and has some pretty serious bugs to boot. I would ask that any of my clients still using SilverKeeper please give me a call.

]]> By: G-man http://j2mac.com/2007/04/back-dat-s-up/comment-page-1/#comment-3 G-man Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:52:00 +0000 http://j2mac.com/?p=20#comment-3 Yeah - I haven't had much luck with CCC but really would like an alternative to psync? I can't get that sucker to work either.<br/><br/>G-man Yeah – I haven’t had much luck with CCC but really would like an alternative to psync? I can’t get that sucker to work either.

G-man

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