Just tried to run SuperDuper and it gives me a warning ‘This feature only available in the $27.95 registered version”. Nice. I guess I will be writing a script…
Russell Courtenay Sent from my old iMac > On Aug 6, 2016, at 9:25 PM, Russell Courtenay <[email protected]> wrote: > > I want to write my own script, if just to prove I am still a ‘programmer’ but > expedience will take over for the moment, I downloaded SuperDuper and the > free version looks like it will do what I need. I will try it tonight on > ‘Smart Update’ so it will just copy over the updated files… > > Thanks for the advice, maybe one day I will sit down and write up my little > script then maybe another day I will stop being ‘old school’ and move up to > Time Machine. I’m just used to having a bootable backup as I have always > worked with old computers, prone to failure and like the slight bit of extra > security. > > I still would like to work on an ‘open source’ version of the OS X interface > to work over Darwin, I dunno, just because. From the days of the Commodore > PET I always wanted to be involved in writing my own OS… > > Russell Courtenay > > Sent from my old iMac > >> On Aug 5, 2016, at 11:16 PM, cb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sorry, I should have said this in my other reply, but if you are really just >> after an easy to use backup system that is free, assuming you are not on a >> really old version of OS X, just use TimeMachine. Its pretty much set it and >> forget it. It won't be bootable, however OS X's installation offers to >> transfer data from a TimeMachine backup so you can at least reset back to a >> bootable system. It just isn't quite as fast as having a bootable clone. >> >> You can also see if there are other clone options still available for free. >> SuperDuper used to be free and did the same job as Carbon Copy Cloner, but I >> don't know if they went the same way as CCC and have gone paid or not. >> >> -chris >> <www.mythtech.net> >> >> >> >> On Aug 6, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Russell Courtenay wrote: >> >>> I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner for years to make a bootable >>> (ostensibly) backup. Well, they seem to have changed their shareware setup >>> so after a certain amount of time it stops working. I just don't have >>> $39.95 to spend on software today so I figured I would write a script in >>> Automator. But I really don't know what I'm doing. My programming really >>> hasn't kept pace beyond Commodore Basic and machine language and Y2K web >>> pages. >>> >>> I found some basic instructions online to make a scheduled backup but that >>> is not really what I want. I just want a button I can click every couple >>> days to copy every new file, delete files on the backup that I have deleted >>> on my hard drive and keep it bootable in case I need it. >>> >>> Seems simple enough, has anyone here done this? >>> >>> On the wife's PC I just set up an xcopy batch file, simple and dirty. I >>> wish it would tell me what is happening over those two hours it is working, >>> but it does seem to work. >>> >>> Russell Courtenay >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >>> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >>> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette >>> guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "iMac Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette >> guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iMac Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. 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