Shirt Pocket Discussions  
    Home netTunes launchTunes SuperDuper! Buy Now Support Discussions About Shirt Pocket    

Go Back   Shirt Pocket Discussions > SuperDuper! > General

 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1  
Old 10-19-2014, 08:12 AM
petebecker petebecker is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 2
Dropbox Incompatibility, Workaround

I've used SuperDuper! for years. Backing up to a firewire drive with smart update takes 15-45 minutes, and backing up over the network to a Drobo box, also with smart update, has taken 45-90 minutes.

I just upgraded to 2.7.3, and the network backup ran for 6 hours without finishing. I looked at my CPU usage (thanks, iStat!) and saw that Dropbox was the most active process. So I stopped the backup, disabled Dropbox syncing, and restarted the backup. It took 45 minutes. Same thing today: the two backups took just about the same length of time. I re-enabled Dropbox syncing, and it took a couple of seconds for Dropbox to conclude that everything was up to date.

So there's some bogus interaction between SuperDuper! and Dropbox, but it's easy to work around: just disable Dropbox syncing during the backup, and re-enable it when finished.
Reply With Quote
 


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Dropbox and backup harringg General 2 09-01-2012 02:14 PM
Dropbox, Migration Assistant, Symbolic Links and SuperDuper gadgetdoctor General 7 03-17-2011 08:01 AM
I/O Error Workaround? dmac General 1 09-21-2007 11:28 AM
Incompatibility with LaCie drive? humanengr General 3 06-05-2007 05:54 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:27 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.