"Log Jam"

[Nick]

The log that opens when I click on "Show Log" from my menu bar is not the same as the log that opens when I request it from the Scheduled Copies window. In fact, I discovered that my SD! has two separate Log folders:

~/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper!/SavedSettings/.Default Settings.sdsp/Logs

and

~/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper!/Scheduled Copies/Smart Update Nick's HD Clone from Nick's HD.sdsp/Logs

The first Log folder is what opens when I access the log from the menu bar; the second, when I access the log from the Scheduled Copies window. The first has only a few logs, none of which are current; the second has about twice as many, through to the current one.

Why the difference? And why can't I get to my current log via the menu bar? And why is the log that opens from the menu bar located in an invisible package?

[dnanian]

The logs are stored with the settings they reference. So, a schedule has its own settings (the sdsp) and inside that package are the logs for it.

The main window when nothing is open has its own logs (.DefaultSettings.sdsp).

Any other saved settings—scheduled or not—would have *their* own logs.

The Window menu opens the logs for the main window. If the scheduled settings are loaded in that window, you'd get that schedule's logs... otherwise, you can access any number of schedules' logs in Scheduled Copies by selecting the entry and using the button.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by dnanian

The logs are stored with the settings they reference. So, a schedule has its own settings (the sdsp) and inside that package are the logs for it.

The main window when nothing is open has its own logs (.DefaultSettings.sdsp).

Any other saved settings—scheduled or not—would have *their* own logs.

OK...got it!

The Window menu opens the logs for the main window.

Huh?

If the scheduled settings are loaded in that window, you'd get that schedule's logs... otherwise, you can access any number of schedules' logs in Scheduled Copies by selecting the entry and using the button.

Sorry, Dave...I don't quite follow. I'm tripping over the references to "Window menu," "main window," and "that window."

[dnanian]

The main window is the window that basically contains the loaded settings—it has the source/destination pop-ups, etc. You can open settings using File > Load Settings, save them with File > Save... each contains its own log, accessed with Window > Show Log.

If you don't explicitly load settings, you get the defaults.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by dnanian

The main window is the window that basically contains the loaded settings—it has the source/destination pop-ups, etc. You can open settings using File > Load Settings, save them with File > Save... each contains its own log, accessed with Window > Show Log.

If you don't explicitly load settings, you get the defaults.

I just opened SD!, and went to File > Load Settings... . It opened a Saved Setting dialog window, which is empty.

[dnanian]

It opened a File Open panel, no?