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Forum: General 04-09-2016, 09:17 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 8,387
Posted By gmachen
Understood. I didn't know that, and will bear it...

Understood. I didn't know that, and will bear it in mind. Thanks for the clear & concise reply.

I do have two friends I put onto SuperDuper! whose nightly schedulings under 2.7.5 have run without...
Forum: General 04-09-2016, 07:04 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 8,387
Posted By gmachen
What is the correct last version for Snow Leopard?

The home page says,
...but v2.7.5 seems to work fine in my Mac OS X 10.6.8. Does the home page system requirement for Snow Leopard need to be edited, or should I go back to v2.7.1?
Forum: General 03-24-2015, 09:06 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,903
Posted By gmachen
Hmmm... I'll have to ask him why today was the...

Hmmm... I'll have to ask him why today was the first I've heard about it after all this time; whether he ever noticed the red entry.... In any event, he doesn't use Growl, and I'll ponder a more...
Forum: General 03-24-2015, 08:44 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,903
Posted By gmachen
Yes, the scheduled backup runs in the middle of...

Yes, the scheduled backup runs in the middle of the night, preceded by a scheduled awake in System Preferences > Energy Saver, then sleep resumed after the backup. He needs to come in mornings...
Forum: General 03-24-2015, 07:05 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,903
Posted By gmachen
No alert if scheduled backup fails?

I have a friend who takes much hand-holding. Still on Snow Leopard, doesn't use Growl. I set up a daily scheduled backup for him last year. Turns out he replaced his external hard drive I designated...
Forum: General 06-23-2010, 03:33 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,491
Posted By gmachen
I had to start using Spotless because Privacy was...

I had to start using Spotless because Privacy was unreliable before I even heard of Spotless.

SuperDuper! has the ability to run a script after completion.
Could someone please post the syntax...
Forum: General 06-23-2010, 03:11 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,491
Posted By gmachen
I do use Smart Update, and I do have it eject the...

I do use Smart Update, and I do have it eject the volume on successful completion, but Spotlight indexing gets turned on again, and the next time I do a backup, it takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r, because it's...
Forum: General 06-23-2010, 02:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,491
Posted By gmachen
> It's best to use Privacy. They fixed the...

> It's best to use Privacy. They fixed the problems
> with privacy long ago...

Well, it's still flaky as of Leopard 10.5.8. It sure doesn’t remember the privacy state of my removable drives.
...
Forum: General 04-07-2010, 10:24 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,491
Posted By gmachen
Allright, I'll give that a try and see if it...

Allright, I'll give that a try and see if it works.
But I guess the wider question is, my sense of what a backup is, is to make a duplicate of my source drive. If Spotlight is disabled on my source...
Forum: General 04-06-2010, 11:15 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 19,491
Posted By gmachen
SuperDuper keeps turning Spotlight indexing back on - grrrr!

Maybe I don't understand what "Restoring Spotlight state" is supposed to do, but it's not doing what I want, or at least not what I intuitively expect:

- I have Spotless...
Forum: General 10-14-2009, 12:20 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,200
Posted By gmachen
Thanks, MacCetera, for pointing me in the right...

Thanks, MacCetera, for pointing me in the right direction within the SuperDuper! app.
Also thanks to dnanian for pointing me to the FAQ.

I think my problem was that the Revision History calls it...
Forum: General 10-13-2009, 10:23 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,200
Posted By gmachen
Where is "Backup-on-mount"?

I can't find anything on "Backup-on-mount" mentioned in the Revision History.
Nothing in SuperDuper!'s menus and dialogs.
The phrase "Backup-on-mount" does not appear in the User's Guide.
Nothing...
Forum: General 03-30-2008, 12:37 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
Bump. Am I the only person in the world who...

Bump.

Am I the only person in the world who makes bootable clones of Mac OS X Server?
Forum: General 02-25-2008, 03:22 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
OK, I've cloned one of my FireWire drive...

OK, I've cloned one of my FireWire drive partitions as a bootable backup via a Restore with Apple's Disk Utility, and it exhibits the same difficulties unmounting as described throughout this thread...
Forum: General 02-16-2008, 02:32 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
I guess I ought to try making a bootable backup...

I guess I ought to try making a bootable backup with Carbon Copy Cloner 3 and/or Apple Disk Utility, to try narrowing-down or ruling-out whether there's something peculiar with Mac OS X Server, or...
Forum: General 02-15-2008, 10:07 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
Yes, TMay, in retrospect how I phrased it was...

Yes, TMay, in retrospect how I phrased it was misleading. It is as you said. Apologies. Indeed, at home I've made a bootable Smart Update of my laptop Tiger client, and have had no problems...
Forum: General 02-15-2008, 07:50 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
Have you identified exactly what is the cause of...

Have you identified exactly what is the cause of the problem?

Memo:
- It occurs both in Tiger & Leopard.
- It only occurs with bootable backups made by SD!
- It does not occur with Smart...
Forum: General 02-14-2008, 03:53 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
Mine won't unmount even following a restart. (I...

Mine won't unmount even following a restart. (I have to unplug them immediately following the restart chime sound, before they have a chance to mount again during the startup sequence.)

My lsof...
Forum: General 02-13-2008, 01:11 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
OK, I repartitioned a drive with a normal single...

OK, I repartitioned a drive with a normal single partition, and it still won't unmount if it contains a SD! bootable backup. So I guess that rules out some peculiarity associated with a...
Forum: General 02-12-2008, 12:20 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
The plot thickens! OK, after some more...

The plot thickens!

OK, after some more experimentation, it now appears that it's not SD! per se that has to "touch" the drive before it will unmount, but *any* app launched as root has to do...
Forum: General 02-12-2008, 08:23 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
Does anyone else have an external hard drive that...

Does anyone else have an external hard drive that won't unmount?

My posts, especially #10 above, tentatively & loosely point to possible culprits:

- Only a volume or partition that has had a...
Forum: General 02-11-2008, 03:45 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
Hold the presses! It just unmounted. But...

Hold the presses! It just unmounted.

But then I mounted the two partitions again in Disk Utility, and now I'm back to the same behavior: the data-only partition will unmount, but the bootable...
Forum: General 02-11-2008, 03:42 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
I did so: sudo lsof | grep "ServerHD backup...

I did so:

sudo lsof | grep "ServerHD backup 1 of 3"

... and still no hits.

I should mention that my earlier syntax would also seem to be correct, inasmuch as if I enter:

sudo lsof | grep
Forum: General 02-11-2008, 02:51 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 25,111
Posted By gmachen
I also have a LaCie HD that will not unmount. ...

I also have a LaCie HD that will not unmount.

Even immediately after a restart, even a Safe Boot.

It is partitioned into two; I can unmount one partition, but the other one that I cannot...
Forum: General 02-06-2008, 10:10 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 23,151
Posted By gmachen
Dave Nanian obviously is preoccupied with this...

Dave Nanian obviously is preoccupied with this week's stellar release of SD! 2.5, yet to his credit still finds time to work the forums as best he can, bless his heart! Although he understandably...
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