Disk Superduper

Thanks. I checked the Superduper FAQ and learned that it cannot work without a user being logged on. ...

I'm using Superduper to do backups of my Mac Mini to an external USB harddisk. Works nice and no complains on Superduper. In Superduper I scheduled backups such that they are executed on a daily basis but.... ...

In case you do not like to spend $28, for SuperDuper, tryrdiff-backup . I guess it does not make the disk bootable, and there is no pretty GUI, but are they worth the $28 ? But yes, I feel also that DVD is not good for full backup. I tried that on my PC, but it was hard.

In the "Target Disk" pull down menu select the disk you want to make the backup. ...

The only disk utility I use part from Apple's own is DiskWarrior. It rebuilds the hard drive directory and fixes a lot of problems Disk Utility can't fix or doesn't even pick up. It has saved me from a HD reformat once which was worth every penny. ...

My clone is on a sparse disk image. When I do the restore, how should I do it? ...

To back up it is important to have a SEPARATE hard drive, like a firewire external hard drive. Then download a backup program like SuperDuper or Carbon copy Cloner and use it to back up. ...

up disk in system preferences. ...

ve this to be the source of my error, but don't know how to make Data the primary drive, not just a mirrored one. I'd also like to make the small drive a scratch disk for Photoshop, but not until I know Data is the primary drive. ...

900 MB remaining may seem as a lot of storage space; however, if MacOS X attempts to create one or more 'swapfiles' (in the '/var/vm/' folder) - the 900 MB of space could vanish quickly. MacOS X is nothing like 'System 9' and earlier. Particularly when one is copying files and / or folders; - especially, 'System' related files, or files and / or folders of users. There...