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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 546408" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>You might give Time Machine a try and see if it will do all that you want. It just might. Have not tried it myself. Do not really feel the need to save previous versions of files. In all the years of my computing, don't think I ever wanted the version of a typical file I had created from a month ago.</p><p>The files I typically want to restore are system files due to playing around where I shouldn't.</p><p></p><p>This leads to Superduper. As MHC said the free version will erase and copy every time. There are a few ways to use it with the paid version. The way I use it is by creating a bootable backup. An exact copy of my internal drive. This option will erase everything on the partition while making the copy. After that, it will do incremental backups. That is, only backing up new and/or changed files and also deleting those you have deleted from your internal drive. I believe there are other options with it I have not used.</p><p></p><p>I have used my Superduper partition to restore my internal drive at least 3 times in the last year after mucking up my system files. And it's pretty sweet. Approximately 30 minutes and right back to my pre-muck time without having to pull out my OS X disk or re-installing any of my apps. Of course your time will vary based on how much data is on your backup. With this option if the nightmare happens and your internal drive fails - no big deal. Re-boot to the backup and keeping on working until you have time to actually replace the internal drive.</p><p></p><p>Can see uses for each type, and could see how both the SuperDuper and Time Machine might be beneficial for some users. </p><p></p><p>(thanks goobi, missed the first sentence somehow)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 546408, member: 24160"] You might give Time Machine a try and see if it will do all that you want. It just might. Have not tried it myself. Do not really feel the need to save previous versions of files. In all the years of my computing, don't think I ever wanted the version of a typical file I had created from a month ago. The files I typically want to restore are system files due to playing around where I shouldn't. This leads to Superduper. As MHC said the free version will erase and copy every time. There are a few ways to use it with the paid version. The way I use it is by creating a bootable backup. An exact copy of my internal drive. This option will erase everything on the partition while making the copy. After that, it will do incremental backups. That is, only backing up new and/or changed files and also deleting those you have deleted from your internal drive. I believe there are other options with it I have not used. I have used my Superduper partition to restore my internal drive at least 3 times in the last year after mucking up my system files. And it's pretty sweet. Approximately 30 minutes and right back to my pre-muck time without having to pull out my OS X disk or re-installing any of my apps. Of course your time will vary based on how much data is on your backup. With this option if the nightmare happens and your internal drive fails - no big deal. Re-boot to the backup and keeping on working until you have time to actually replace the internal drive. Can see uses for each type, and could see how both the SuperDuper and Time Machine might be beneficial for some users. (thanks goobi, missed the first sentence somehow) [/QUOTE]
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