Does Time Machine make bootable backups?

Stevamundo · Stevamundo #1 (**permalink**)

10-27-2007, 06:18 PM

I used a beautiful backup program called Backup Simplicity in Tiger that made a bootable Exact duplicate of my HD into my external drive. That's really I want to do.

This morning I tried Time Machine for the first time. It only put a backup folder on my external drive. That's not what I want to do.

So here's my question, if I totally erase my external drive will Time Machine make a bootable duplicate of my HD on my external drive also?

Also, is there a way to schedule Time Machine for backups manually?

schweb · schweb #2 (**permalink**)

10-27-2007, 06:41 PM

No to both questions. That's not Time Machine's purpose. You need an app like SuperDuper.

AZRunner · AZRunner #3 (**permalink**)

10-27-2007, 07:46 PM

I might as well piggy back my question on this thread. How exactly can Super Duper and Time Machine work together? I use Super Duper currently and am awaiting them to update for Leopard. I'd like to use both. Can they share the same external drive or will I need a separate drive for each? How big is that backup folder that Time Machine creates? Is it as big as the drive it's copying?

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #4 (**permalink**)

10-27-2007, 08:00 PM

*Moved thread to proper forum*

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Stevamundo #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 18, 2007 Posts: 63	10-27-2007, 06:18 PM I used a beautiful backup program called Backup Simplicity in Tiger that made a bootable Exact duplicate of my HD into my external drive. That's really I want to do. This morning I tried Time Machine for the first time. It only put a backup folder on my external drive. That's not what I want to do. So here's my question, if I totally erase my external drive will Time Machine make a bootable duplicate of my HD on my external drive also? Also, is there a way to schedule Time Machine for backups manually?
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MacHeadCase #4 (permalink)
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