backup - time machine vs superduper

[poopy]

hey i want to know if time machine will prompt me if it is going to format my external hard drive. if it doesn't prompt me i will lose a lot of precious files...
i have been using super duper to backup my files but with snow leopard it is not working correctly...and since i have time machine now i'd rather use that....

super duper formatted my external to be "compatible with mac" so does that mean that time machine doesn't have to reformat it?

 

[bobtomay]

You need to upgrade SuperDuper!. They've already come out with a patch for SL.

I'd do that before you switch to TM.

No bootable back up with TM either.

 

[harryb2448]

And as SL is a complete different OS, the first time SD backs it up it will format the drive as you can only do the Smart Backup when SL is on the external drive.

 

[poopy]

dang i really dont wanna put another 30 bucks down for super duper. but i guess it is worth it.... yeah my current backup was "backup user files only" on Tiger. So it's not like it was an entire computer backup, just the stuff i wanted.

So your saying that super duper will have to format it again anyways to start backing up with snow leopard?

 

[bobtomay]

If you have already paid for SD!, there is no charge for the upgrade.

 

[harryb2448]

So your saying that super duper will have to format it again anyways to start backing up with snow leopard?


Yes. If you think about it SD cannot backup a copy of Snow Leopard to the Tiger external HDD as they are two cats of a different colour indeed.

 

[Collin Bl]

and time machine will allow you access to older versions of the same file while Superduper gives a current bootable backup - a snap shot of how it was at the time of back up.