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I'd like to see some comparsion information between Time Machine and SuperDuper.
They are completely different. They supplement each other (I use both), but they are not at all the same.
SuperDuper! is a snapshot. It doesn't retain history unless you back up to a DMG or multiple hard disks. It is always point-in-time. Time Machine, on the other hand, lets you retain history, as much as you have drive space for. So if you change file X today, you can get yesterday's version of it in two weeks with Time Machine. If you've done a backup with SuperDuper! since file X changed, you cannot get it's previous "version".
If you need that kind of history, you want Time Machine. If you want a reliable snapshot that can be restored, you want SuperDuper!.
I've never had to restore a system from Time Machine. It honestly freaks me out, so I've never tried. But I've restored many a system from SuperDuper! and i has _always_ worked. Flawlessly. I use Time Machine as an "oops, didn't mean to delete that" system, and rely on SuperDuper for my critical backups.
SuperDuper! is a snapshot. It doesn't retain history unless you back up to a DMG or multiple hard disks. It is always point-in-time. Time Machine, on the other hand, lets you retain history, as much as you have drive space for. So if you change file X today, you can get yesterday's version of it in two weeks with Time Machine. If you've done a backup with SuperDuper! since file X changed, you cannot get it's previous "version".
If you need that kind of history, you want Time Machine. If you want a reliable snapshot that can be restored, you want SuperDuper!.
I've never had to restore a system from Time Machine. It honestly freaks me out, so I've never tried. But I've restored many a system from SuperDuper! and i has _always_ worked. Flawlessly. I use Time Machine as an "oops, didn't mean to delete that" system, and rely on SuperDuper for my critical backups.
System restore with Time Machine works (on Leopard) without any problems, even when you are using "File Vault" for your user profile.
Just boot with your system DVD and you'll be given an option to restore your system from a TM-backup you have on an USB-drive.
I've done that two times when I was upgrading my MacBook with a bigger harddisk.
/Oliver
Just boot with your system DVD and you'll be given an option to restore your system from a TM-backup you have on an USB-drive.
I've done that two times when I was upgrading my MacBook with a bigger harddisk.
/Oliver
I swear by SuperDuper. I'm a computer consultant/trainer that supports several different versions of three different software suites.
While the files are backwards compatible, the programs are not and have to be run a separate, discrete installs to work properly. SuperDuper lets me do that easily, with four external disk drives that let me selectively install the appropriate version of the software I need to support on my laptop, then safely blow it away when I'm done and return to current versions of my software configurations.
If only I could find something that worked half as well on the Windows/PC side, I'd be an even happier camper ...
While the files are backwards compatible, the programs are not and have to be run a separate, discrete installs to work properly. SuperDuper lets me do that easily, with four external disk drives that let me selectively install the appropriate version of the software I need to support on my laptop, then safely blow it away when I'm done and return to current versions of my software configurations.
If only I could find something that worked half as well on the Windows/PC side, I'd be an even happier camper ...
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