Forum: General
07-28-2022, 01:53 PM
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Forum: General
07-27-2022, 04:03 PM
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Duplicate an existing APFS TM disk?
Hello,
Is it possible to duplicate an existing APFS TM disk? I'm on Big Sir, my system is too old for Monterey.
First I tried copying an extising TM disk to a blank disk. After several hours...
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Forum: General
01-14-2021, 02:33 PM
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Forum: General
01-10-2021, 05:39 PM
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SD and TM side by side on APFS?
Now that TM works with APFS will SD backups and TM backups be able to share an APFS volume, similar to how it was possible with HFS+ a few generations ago?
If so, what would be the best way to...
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Forum: General
12-13-2019, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,030
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Forum: General
12-13-2019, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,030
log files?
Does SD keep log files from past backup jobs? If so, where would I find them?
Thanks
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Forum: General
10-18-2019, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 12,138
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Forum: General
06-27-2018, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,731
Uh oh.....sentence not finished.
I think you...
Uh oh.....sentence not finished.
I think you were going to advise separate drives.
Many years ago, you had said using TM and SD can easily co-exist on the same drive.
I took that to mean...
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Forum: General
06-25-2018, 06:31 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,731
Sd tm apfs sxs
Hello,
Any recommendations on backing up using Time Machine and SuperDuper side by side (SXS) on the same disk and using APFS for the SuperDuper backup?
[I have two separate drives and rotate...
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Forum: General
09-15-2017, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,949
For sure what Dave said.
Plus....it's really...
For sure what Dave said.
Plus....it's really a bad idea to keep your backup drive connected to your system because there are many scenarios where you can lose your Mac and your backup (fire....
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Forum: General
05-04-2014, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,178
I didn't get an email notification to your...
I didn't get an email notification to your response either. So, sorry I took a long time to check back.
Well, my two drives are named "backup 1" and "backup 2". Last week, I backed up to...
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Forum: General
04-27-2014, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 3
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Using two or more backup drives
Hello,
I use two different target drives for my backups and rotate them periodically.
Whenever I switch backup drives, SuperDuper takes a long time (well, 30 seconds or so), to realize the...
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Forum: General
06-14-2012, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,014
Thanks.
For anyone following this thread:
...
Thanks.
For anyone following this thread:
1) I haven't tried this yet
2) Some googling has revealed that filevault2 and having user data on a 2nd disk can be troublesome.
I'll update this...
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Forum: General
06-14-2012, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,014
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Forum: General
06-14-2012, 12:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,014
Migrating to an SSD
Hello,
Currently have Lion with recovery partition and all user data on a single physical HDD.
I would like to install smaller SSD drive to have everything EXCEPT user files and use the...
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Forum: General
08-21-2011, 08:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,395
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Forum: General
08-21-2011, 05:21 PM
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Views: 8,395
Indeed, I think that's the solution. I tried...
Indeed, I think that's the solution. I tried using the recovery partition to do a restore to an external disk and that failed. (actually, it seemed that *might* work but the system went to sleep...
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Forum: General
08-21-2011, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,395
best way to upgrade a working HDD
Hello,
I have a perfectly working HDD in a MBP on OSX Lion, with FV2 enabled.
I want to replace the drive with a newer, bigger faster drive and use SD to clone the original drive, including the...
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Forum: General
08-07-2011, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,431
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Forum: General
08-07-2011, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,431
Ah Ha!
I had done a restore from Backup 1...
Ah Ha!
I had done a restore from Backup 1 disk as a test to make sure restores worked. It hadn't occured to me that was a factor.
I'll read the instructions a bit more carefully.
Now,...
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Forum: General
08-07-2011, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,431
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Forum: General
08-06-2011, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,431
SD keeps wiping out TM backups
Hello,
I've been using SD along side TM on the same backup drive with Snow Leopard for a few years. No problems.
Recently I upgraded to Lion and decided it was time to get a pair of new drives...
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Forum: General
12-19-2009, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 1
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backing up other user's home directory
Hello,
I recently added a 2nd user to my Mac. I'm an admin on the Mac. The new user is a standard user.
If I try using the finder to look inside the other user's directories, they are not...
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Forum: General
03-13-2008, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 12,570
Ok. I do understand that backing up a file...
Ok. I do understand that backing up a file that's in use or changing will be a problem for that particular file. But should the backup get stuck or hang when it comes across that file?
I...
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Forum: General
03-13-2008, 02:21 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 12,570
hanging on open file?
Hello,
I have a scheduled nightly smart backup job. I also have VM Fusion and run a virtual machine.
Sometimes the VM is running when the scheduled job kicks off. When this happens, it...
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