SuperDuper - Backup made super simple
Mar 15, '06 07:18:00AM
Contributed by: robg
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[Score: 9 out of 10]
[Note: This is the Pick of the Week for the week of March 6th.]
Although I still use the free SilverKeeper for my routine data backup needs, I recently had the chance to use SuperDuper for the first time. I was writing up a few articles for Macworld about the Leap.A malware/trojan, and wanted the ability to easily bring my PowerBook's external FireWire drive back to "normal" mode. Enter SuperDuper, a very easy-to-use cloning and backup utility.
Dan Frakes covered SuperDuper in detail last year (though it's now up to version 2.1), if you'd like a lot more information on how it works. In a nutshell, you see a simple dialog box that asks what you want to copy, and where you want to copy it to. After you make your choices, it tells you in plain language exactly what's going to happen. SuperDuper works quite well in 'free' mode, but registering gets you access to scheduling, smart updates (which only replaces files that have changed), sandboxes, and scripting.
SuperDuper makes it very simple to create backups and/or clones of your key files and drives. And, regardless of which app you choose to use, investing in some sort of backup solution (hardware and software) is a very important thing to do!
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