Yes, with time machine you must use a Mac OS X install disk to restore from a time machine backup.
On Mar 10, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi, > > One more comment on Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper!. Mary's correct that > CCC is shareware, and the suggestion is that if you find this useful, you > send in $15 to help support continued development, but Mike Bombich, who > wrote CCC, has previously, and repeatedly stated: > "CCC is considered donation-ware (uncrippled shareware). I worked hard > developing CCC and its methodology and documenting it on the internet for the > rest of the Mac OS X community. If you find CCC indispensable, please > consider making a donation. Please note that if you are using CCC for an > educational institution, you should NOT donate to Bombich Software. My heart > is in Education and all software that I write shall always be free to > Education." > > The trial download for SuperDuper! that does a full clone backup also support > usage in this mode (non-incremental backups) without a purchased license. > CCC also supports incremental backups. Most new users will probably prefer > to use SuperDuper!, because the manual that comes with it goes into more > details about what is involved in backups (in general) and how the program > works. It also has a "chattier" interface in terms of telling you what it is > doing at any point. People coming in from a linux or unix background may > prefer the CCC style, while other new users may be more anxious to know more > details about what the program is doing, and prefer SuperDuper! Both these > programs allow you to make bootable clones of your current hard drive (which > means that in case of complete drive failure, you can connect the drive to > your machine, power up your Mac while pressing the "Option" button, then, > when the device is booting, even though VoiceOver is not speaking, you can > press your right or left arrow key followed by the return key to boot up your > Mac. Note that this capability is different from the sort of backup > capability you get with Time Machine). > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Mar 10, 2011, at 06:27, Mary Otten wrote: > >> >> Keep in mind that, while CCC is free to try, it is shareware, which means >> you should pay for it if you use it. Freeloading off of developers who are >> kind enough to let one try an app prior to paying is bad all the way around. >> If everybody did that, those developers who offer applications this way >> would have to stop. Anybody who can afford to buy a Mac can afford to pay >> $10 or so for CCC once you try and like it. >> Mary Otten >> [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
