[info] AppleScript to Work Around SD & Intel 10.4.8 Issues
As a recent purchaser of a copy of SuperDuper destined to do nightly backups on a Mac Pro server I had read all about the strange issues with 10.4.8 on Intel systems. In the end I decided on going with SD anyway... it's just so good that even with the risk of crashes it's better than the alternatives. :D Plus, I'd already bought it ;)
In any case, not wanting to bother Dave with some more support requests for an issue that's basically out of his control, I decided to finagle a workaround that would avoid the crashes to begin with. It uses the prescribed "hide the app" fix and while the AppleScript is pretty basic (to say the least) it gets the job done when SuperDuper is on a scheduled run late at night and nobody's around: Code:
(* SuperDuperHider (v01) by Matt Tracey Anyways, I hope this helps anybody that may be encountering the same issues :) |
Thanks, Matt. Note that the problem should not occur with Smart Updates after you've fully backed up a 10.4.8 system. So, hiding during the first backup (and restarting before and after) will be sufficient, subsequent smart updates of that backup should not trigger the OSX problem.
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Good to know Dave. We are using Smart Updates but we have enough rotating backup drives that every now and then there's a blank disk being introduced or one that's changed enough that it might need some more attention. I figured better safe than sorry so I just leave the script running all the time. Seeing as how the idle loop uses maybe 0.01% of one of the four available cores it seems fairly painless :D
In any case, thanks for the great software. It makes my job a lot easier :) |
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