Whether you use it to make one-off clones for IT work or to make scheduled, bootable copies of your Mac’s hard drive for backup purposes, SuperDuper is the best clone-based backup utility I’ve seen-and the backup utility to which I trust my own data. ![]() SuperDuper wasn’t designed for FAT32 drives.) (Although, as noted in the manual, you shouldn’t use SuperDuper to clone FAT32-formatted drives-for example, a FAT32 partition you’ve created via Apple’sīoot Camp to run Windows on your Intel Mac. And although I previously praised SuperDuper 1.5.5’s documentation as being comprehensive and understandable-sadly rare when it comes to backup software-the documentation included with SuperDuper 2.1 is even better thanks to the addition of task-based instructions that clearly explain how to perform various procedures.įinally, SuperDuper 2.1 is a Universal binary, so it works natively on Intel-based Macs. For example, the basic options-the type of copy and what to do when the copy is finished-are listed in the General tab of the Options screen, whereas more advanced options-shell script execution, as well as disk image and Installer package tasks-have been moved to an Advanced tab. For starters, SuperDuper’s interface has been reorganized to make it even easier to use. ![]() On top of that major feature addition, SuperDuper 2.1 includes a few other improvements. ![]() SuperDuper 2.1 addresses this shortcoming via a new “Schedule” button: The only major feature missing is the ability to schedule copy/clone operations-for example, I’d like to be able to tell SuperDuper to automatically clone my hard drive every night at midnight. However, my one significant complaint about SuperDuper 1.5.5 was its lack of scheduling support as I noted last year: (I discussed these features in detail in my original review.)
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