http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/07/29/superduper-2-7/ Wed, 22 May 2013 22:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/07/29/superduper-2-7/comment-page-1/#comment-672719 Michael Tsai Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:53:55 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/?p=5437#comment-672719 @Matt SuperDuper has been very reliable for me, but I do agree that one should use multiple backup programs to guard against the possibility of a bug. The auto-pruned archive sounds nice. For many years, I used Qdea’s Synchronize Pro, which had a feature like that. Now I use Arq for that. Time Machine was broken for me on Lion—it could never create more than a few backups before corrupting itself—but I’m wondering whether I should give it another try. @Matt SuperDuper has been very reliable for me, but I do agree that one should use multiple backup programs to guard against the possibility of a bug. The auto-pruned archive sounds nice. For many years, I used Qdea’s Synchronize Pro, which had a feature like that. Now I use Arq for that. Time Machine was broken for me on Lion—it could never create more than a few backups before corrupting itself—but I’m wondering whether I should give it another try.

]]> http://mjtsai.com/blog/2012/07/29/superduper-2-7/comment-page-1/#comment-672639 Matt Henderson Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:53:22 +0000 http://mjtsai.com/blog/?p=5437#comment-672639 I've used SuperDuper for years, but have recently added Carbon Copy Cloner to the mix. I maintain a bootable backup at home and at the office, and have started using CCC at the office. I figure if there's ever an issue with one or the other, *both* my bootable backups won't be affected. (Maybe that's just the excuse that makes me feel better about using both. :-) One interesting feature of CCC is the ability to maintain an archive of deleted/changed files on the target drive. It'll automatically prune that archive to maintain 15GB of free space on the drive. I've used SuperDuper for years, but have recently added Carbon Copy Cloner to the mix. I maintain a bootable backup at home and at the office, and have started using CCC at the office. I figure if there's ever an issue with one or the other, *both* my bootable backups won't be affected. (Maybe that's just the excuse that makes me feel better about using both. :-) One interesting feature of CCC is the ability to maintain an archive of deleted/changed files on the target drive. It'll automatically prune that archive to maintain 15GB of free space on the drive.

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