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gtee · gtee #1 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 04:04 AM

Is there a program for a Mac that creates a disk-image [as Ghost does for a PC] that anyone uses?
I realise a Mac is far more stable than Windows but I would like the security of knowing I have a complete backup of my system.

Mr Bobbins · Mr Bobbins #2 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 04:16 AM

You can use Disk Utility for that, it can be found in your utilitys folder and their are also lots of freeware programs 'Dimage' being one of them that you can use.

Mr Bobbins · Mr Bobbins #3 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 04:18 AM

Also if you would like to make a full copy of your system programs like 'Carbon copy cloner' are helpfull for that.

schweb · schweb #4 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 07:27 AM

I like Super Duper. It can do full system backups including bootable backups. But unlike Carbon Copy Cloner its incremental backups actually seem to work right and you can set it to only copy certain directories, etc. Whatever you want it to do.

Murlyn · Murlyn #5 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 12:44 PM

My favorite is Tri-BACKUP

Macman · Macman #6 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 12:54 PM

ccc is good, another great one is called synk.

Murlyn · Murlyn #7 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 01:05 PM

One of the cool things I like about Tri-BACKUP is that I have it setup so that I plugin my iPod, it automatically backs up my Sites folder and my MySQL directory to it. And then once that is done it triggers the next backup which then backs up my hard drive to an external hard drive.. I really like this program

gtee · gtee #8 (**permalink**)

02-01-2005, 03:39 AM

Hi Murlyn,

Thank you - can it backup an entire disk?

Murlyn · Murlyn #9 (**permalink**)

02-01-2005, 03:54 AM

Absolutely.. it can pretty much do any kind of backup that you would ever want

Macman · Macman #10 (**permalink**)

02-01-2005, 06:13 AM

sounds cool, I may have to try it, I love CCC thoughy, cause it makes a 'bootable' copy.

Murlyn · Murlyn #11 (**permalink**)

02-01-2005, 12:24 PM

Yeah so does Tri-BACKUP, the interface isn't as friendly as I think it should be, but like I said.. it can do ANYTHING that you would want

I deploy it on a couple of xserves that I manage and it just works.. it's awesome

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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	01-31-2005, 12:44 PM My favorite is Tri-BACKUP ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	01-31-2005, 01:05 PM One of the cool things I like about Tri-BACKUP is that I have it setup so that I plugin my iPod, it automatically backs up my Sites folder and my MySQL directory to it. And then once that is done it triggers the next backup which then backs up my hard drive to an external hard drive.. I really like this program ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	02-01-2005, 03:54 AM Absolutely.. it can pretty much do any kind of backup that you would ever want ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	02-01-2005, 12:24 PM Yeah so does Tri-BACKUP, the interface isn't as friendly as I think it should be, but like I said.. it can do ANYTHING that you would want I deploy it on a couple of xserves that I manage and it just works.. it's awesome ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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gtee #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	01-31-2005, 04:04 AM Is there a program for a Mac that creates a disk-image [as Ghost does for a PC] that anyone uses? I realise a Mac is far more stable than Windows but I would like the security of knowing I have a complete backup of my system.
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Mr Bobbins #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 29, 2005 Location: Legoland Posts: 790	01-31-2005, 04:16 AM You can use Disk Utility for that, it can be found in your utilitys folder and their are also lots of freeware programs 'Dimage' being one of them that you can use.
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Macman #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 30, 2004 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,374 Mac Specs: PowerMac G4 Cube 450mhz 832mb	01-31-2005, 12:54 PM ccc is good, another great one is called synk.
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gtee #8 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	02-01-2005, 03:39 AM Hi Murlyn, Thank you - can it backup an entire disk?
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Macman #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 30, 2004 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,374 Mac Specs: PowerMac G4 Cube 450mhz 832mb	02-01-2005, 06:13 AM sounds cool, I may have to try it, I love CCC thoughy, cause it makes a 'bootable' copy.
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