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Reduce CPU workload while cloning boot drive
Authored by: Frederico on Jun 14, '09 11:40:34PM

What does any of this have to do with reducing CPU load when cloning???? Your zeroing of a disk just adds to CPU and actual time to perform this operation; why is there an assumption it is even on a new drive here??

Color me lost as to why you even bring this up for this hint; it seems pretty clear it's about making clone jobs go faster, not take up more time and be more complex to complete by adding (debatable) steps.

Also, Time Machine freakin' rocks. I've been using Macs since there were Macs, and a Certified Apple Consultant, to boot. Combine Time Machine with other backup strategies, and more often than not, Time Machine is your fastest, most reliable, and most current backup for lost data.

Yes, it's not bootable, but, if combined with targeted cloning of the System and related folders to the same drive, while at the same time excluding the very same System folders from Time Machine, you get a complete, up to the minute, *easily user-accessible* backup of your system and data without resorting to complex, multiple runs of Rsync-based utilities like SuperDuper and CCC.

Cheers

Rico



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