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How do you back up your mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 535434"><p>I was thrilled when I first heard of Time Machine. WhenI saw it in action in a demo and asked some questions about it, I think I will keep my backup solution i.e. using SuperDuper! and this is because Time Machine might be a good solution for users who never think of making backups but I find it restrictive and it doesn't seem like I could configure it as much as I would like.</p><p></p><p>The way I save my work, for example in Illustrator, is I save a copy of each generation of the file I am working on. If ever I need to go back, I have older generations of those files in the same folder. So to me Time Machine is not an absolute must and besides you can't exactly boot form a Time Machine backup unless you have the restore disk in the optical drive, I read somewhere. </p><p></p><p>I am thinking here that if this is true, the bootable backup has a definite edge over a TM backup because of your computer becomes unresponsive after you start it up, you can simply press on OPtion and it will find the external hard drive that has your SuperDuper! backup. If you need to insert your restore disk and the computer doesn't boot properly, this gets pretty complicated. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>So for my needs, I will stick with SuperDuper! but other users might have a different opinion. </p><p></p><p>Both apps could compliment each other, though as they don't do exactly the same thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 535434"] I was thrilled when I first heard of Time Machine. WhenI saw it in action in a demo and asked some questions about it, I think I will keep my backup solution i.e. using SuperDuper! and this is because Time Machine might be a good solution for users who never think of making backups but I find it restrictive and it doesn't seem like I could configure it as much as I would like. The way I save my work, for example in Illustrator, is I save a copy of each generation of the file I am working on. If ever I need to go back, I have older generations of those files in the same folder. So to me Time Machine is not an absolute must and besides you can't exactly boot form a Time Machine backup unless you have the restore disk in the optical drive, I read somewhere. I am thinking here that if this is true, the bootable backup has a definite edge over a TM backup because of your computer becomes unresponsive after you start it up, you can simply press on OPtion and it will find the external hard drive that has your SuperDuper! backup. If you need to insert your restore disk and the computer doesn't boot properly, this gets pretty complicated. :P So for my needs, I will stick with SuperDuper! but other users might have a different opinion. Both apps could compliment each other, though as they don't do exactly the same thing. [/QUOTE]
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