File Placement Questions

[Paint Guy]

Originally Posted by dnanian

1. Either.

2. No, you want GUID because (if) you have an Intel Mac.

3. No, partitioning erases.

Thank you. I just read that Disc Utility from (Applications > Utilities) is the way to go.. Thanks
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[Paint Guy]

Dave, I am thoroughly impressed with Super Duper's ease of use and the job it did.

A couple of questions

1. There were a few MB of data that Super Duper didn't backup. My LaCie which I wrote from was 111.78 GB and when I checked what Super Duper copied to the Backup HD it said. 111.72 GB that's a discrepancy of 6 mb of data. I am not concerned but why the difference?


2. I selected "Click to allow copying without password authentication".
If I require password authentication on all files then what would happen if I tried to use the files on another mac or a new mac if mine packed it in? I wouldn't be allowed to access any files would I?


3. I think I will unmount the Backup Hard Drive and then only write my files to the LaCie, then on Fridays I can hook up the Backup Drive and write any new files to it.
I guess the Scheduler is something I can try too but it's probably not a good idea to leave the Backup HD attached and spinning if I am not going to write to it is it.


Thanks
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[dnanian]

1. As stated in the "What's going to happen?" section of the UI, not every file is copied. Files that have no meaning across a restart are left (e.g. temp files, swap files, etc).

2. This is the password you have to supply when you click Copy Now. It has nothing to do with using the files on another Mac.

3. If you have the drive ejected, but connected, the scheduler will mount, copy and eject automatically.