[Tom_Diola]

I downloaded 2.5 (registered owner) tried it (Smart Update took initially 2 hours - expected that) and then the 1st incremental took about 28 mins. I used it as a boot drive that seemed to work.
Hopefully when 10.5.2 comes out the SD folks will get their version out quickly.

[Typhoon14]

So, what are you so convinced that SuperDuper will require an update for OS 10.5.2? SuperDuper did not require updates for the point releases of Tiger.

[dougster]

Hi -T,

If I understand your post: ShirtPocket said they had to iron out a few snags to accomadate Time Machine before the new release. At least that was their major issue with Leopard..

[Rcovell]

I'm a very happy user of SuperDuper! Just bought an Intel iMac 2.0 with Leopard. When I was looking at the SD window on my new machine (after a system migration from my old G4 Panther), I got a notice that the Leopard update was available and went ahead and downloaded it. I've only done one backup so far as I usually do it weekly, but, there were no problems.

And, where else can you get the kind of support you get from the Shirt Pocket Software people? I've had several questions through the years and always get a prompt, helpful reply from Dave Nanian. I highly recommend this program, now available for Leopard.

Bob.

[Tom_Diola]

Super Dupers' interface is clean and neat - Time Bomb (oops I mean Time Machine) looks corny and too Star Wars like for me. But that will change when the 'new' Time Machine comes out. For now I've turned the Time Machine off and just use Super Duper. I have noticed that it takes a bit longer to do the smart updates - maybe some of that time is it trying to repair permissions?

[dougster]

-Hi,

IMO..you were wise to erase your SD Backup and not use Smart Upate for Leopard. The 2 OS's are two different Cats. B-)

[zordis]

i'm on Leopard and would like to clone my mac drive to an external one.However i don't want to loose my data on the destination drive (external).Is that possibl?If not what can i do to avoid the erase?

[joelw135]

You can check with other members, but if you use the incremental backup it only changes things that were changed on the main Leopard drive. So all files remain the same other than changed files. But again check with other members to make sure.

[sandbag1]

You don't say what software you intend to use. I assume SuperDuper only because that's what's being discussed in this thread, but please clarify. If SuperDuper is what you will use, this information is from the Help within SuperDuper.

"Storing a backup alongside other files on a destination drive.

In general, we strongly recommend that you store a backup on its own volume or partition, on a FireWire or internal drive that supports booting the Macintosh. Doing so makes it really easy to recover, saving you time a lot of time should a disaster occur.

And not to toss a wet blanket on the optimist but, eventually, a disaster will occur.

But, sometimes, dedicating a volume to backing up is impractical, and partitioning is either inconvenient or impossible. In those cases, you should use a Read/Write Sparse Image.

With a Sparse Image, your files are kept in a virtual disk, which is actually stored in a single file. This file can be placed anywhere, including on a network volume. When mounted (which you do by simply opening the Sparse Image file), the virtual drive looks just like a local disk, and can be backed up to like any other. You can even Smart Update it! There are some disadvantages, though:

Since Sparse Images are not real drives, but rather simulated drives stored in a file, theyre potentially less reliable than real drives. (Note, though, that Apple uses sparse images for FileVault, so this shouldnt be a big concern.)

Similarly, since Sparse Images are not real drives, they're inherently a bit slower.

Finally, since theyre not physical drives, images of any type cannot be used to start up your Macintosh. However, the contents retain their bootable properties and once restored to a real drive can act as a startup drive.

So, with that in mind, using sparse images is quite simple."

[zordis]

thanx a lot for your answers!

I think its better to start from scratch and inform you about the process of the back up until now.

I have a macbook pro (intel based) which has a partitioned internal hard drive. The one partition is used for Mac OSX (leopard) and the other for windows. My aim was to take a back up of my mac hard drive to my external WD My Passport Studio Drive 500GB (800/400 FW & USB 2). So I partitioned the WD external drive in 2 parts (GUID partitioned- Mac Os Extended (Journaled)). One for the clone of my internal mac drive and the other for personal data. So I used superduper for that (with FW 800), following all the instructions, and made a clone of my mac partition to the designated WD passport partition .

After the completion of the process I checked for any failures from the disk utility but nothing seemed to be wrong. So from the Preferences>Startup Disk I chose the WD partition (with the clone) to boot from, and hit restart-> the WD bootable partition won?t appear. Then I tried restart holding down the option key but the WD bootable partition won?t appear again.

1) my first Question therefore is, what went wrong?

2) Another question I have is the following:

I want to format the two partitions of my macbook pro (mac osx & windows) so I?ll have only one partition for mac os x. After I do that I would like to restore the clone from my WD passport (made with SD) to the new freshly formatted mac hard drive.

Are that steps right or do I miss something?

[smax013]

In theory, it should work...but WD does have some issues with booting from their internal drives (note: officially, they do not support such a use).

Have you tried either the Firewire 400 port or the USB port?