hi Chris Super Duper! is not at all the same. Super Duper! is a volume backup/restore utility, not a data recovery utility. For the record, yes, we at Mac Access Dot Net are registered license holders of Super Duper! and also Carbon Copy Cloner. Lynne actually wrote a very good article highlighting the functions of these pieces of software. You can find it on our blog page: <http://blog.mac-ios-access.net/2011/07/07/mac-osx-system-backup/> So it really isn't quite fair to compare the two applications, as their functionality is very different.
Data recovery is the sector-level retrieval of deleted data which may not exist in a backup. What Data Recovery Guru does is to scan a drive/volume sector by sector and find out what has been deleted and no longer exists in the trash. It enables you to recover those files as long as the sector on which they resided has not been overwritten. I agree with your comments regarding Super Duper! and I would definitely advocate that anybody who is seriously concerned about the preservation of their important documents and, indeed, their operating system, would b well advised to invest in either Super Duper! or Carbon Copy Cloner. AS Lynne highlighted in her article, there is another way to backup an entire volume without the need for any additional utilities. But that involves going into the Terminal and issuing commands. Some users would quite naturally find that a little daunting. As the administrator of the servers upon which this list is managed, I have had to learn how to use the terminal. Super Duper! and Carbon Copy Cloner have saved me hours of work in the past, I'd be the first to admit that. But again, what I am talking about here is data retrieval, not backup restoration. I hope that clarifies things a little. Gordon On 17 Nov 2012, at 14:59, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: Gordon, Have you all thought of trying Superdooper? It's way cheaper, and it actually makes a 100% snapshot image of whatever drive volume partition you wish. It's ridiculously accessible, and the documentation might as well have been written for an infant, as it is so easy to understand. I would highly! highly! highly! highly highly! recommend it! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
