SuperDuper

I've been using SuperDuper to backup the drives, but suddenly it started to hang on the backups, and then the backups started failing with error messages. ...

Currently with either Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper. What I did was clone my startup drive to my external drive. I have already installed DiskWarrior on the startup drive so it was copied over the the firewire clone (the clone is a exact copy that you can boot from, instead of your usual startup drive). Once I was booted from firewire clone I ran DiskWarrior on my usual...

1. USB hubs are fine to use, make sure it's USB 2.0 2. SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner 3. Don't know much about it, but check out Cha-Ching 4. For syncing files and folders? Check out Rsync for the involved way or ChronoSync for the easier way. 5. Yes. Though note if it is formatted in NTFS you can only read not write to. Though there are ways around this. Check macFuse for...

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.... ...

SuperDuper. Seems more people like this rather than Carbon Copy Cloner.

You just can't manually drag your Home folder to backup. SuperDuber will work for you.

Probably need to burn the ISO file from a Mac. From Toast would be ideal. Otherwise, you could pull the HD out of the iMac, hook up the old HD and the new HD via FireWire to a more modern mac, then use a cloning utility to clone the old HD's contents to the new HD. If the computer doing the clone is PPC, use Carbon Copy Cloner. If it's an Intel, I like SuperDuper, but it's...

you could also use something like SuperDuper! to do a direct clone of the whole ipod across. she would have a duplicate of your ipod...

i think he means for something the updates regularly like SuperDuper. Note: If you are coming over to OS X stay FAR away from discontinued products. IMHO all that company's products do nothing but give headaches to OS X users. Look for the alternatives please.