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10.5: Use Time Machine to create a bootable backup
Authored by: baltwo on Jun 17, '08 02:15:10PM
The paranoid obsessive backer-upper will also want to have a (SuperDuper or Carbon Copy) clone of his drive stashed somewhere.
They're not paranoid nor obsessive. Having an up-to-date bootable backup/clone that you can test to ensure it works exactly like the original is a lot better than banking on making a good bootable backup after your main boot volume exhibits problems. With an up-to-date backup/clone, all you have to do is restore it to the main HD. Just my 2ยข.

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10.5: Use Time Machine to create a bootable backup
Authored by: MrLucky on Jun 17, '08 02:52:40PM
Absolutely. I was being facetious about the 'paranoid obsessive' part. My livelihood is in my Mac, so I keep a SuperDuper backup, a set of DVD backups, a .mac backup, and, just to be thorough, I put everything I absolutely do not want to lose onto the safest, most reliable medium, good old paper.

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