Shirt Pocket Discussions http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums This is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ . en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:43:05 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg Shirt Pocket Discussions http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums Switching between cloned volumes http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6286&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:34:55 GMT Hi,

This may very well be a stupid question but I feel compelled to ask it...

If I have two volumes on a single disk and I clone a MacOS X 10.5.8 startup volume to the other Volume, will the OS become 'confused' if I frequently switch between booting from one volume and the other?

Will both volumes remain totally separated as far as the OS is concerned, even when switching between startup volumes?

p.s I do realize that this is not a good backup strategy, I am wanting to do this as a way of having a separate volume for trying out new software and such... ]]> General Timmy http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6286 Does sd delete all the files on the destination drive? http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6285&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:48:56 GMT Hi,

Does anyone know if superduper deletes the existing files on the drive it is backing up to? It says it is going to 'erase' 'xdrive'

I have lots of files on a USB i want to keep. I've put them all in a folder to keep them out of the way of the sd backup, is this the right thing to do, will I loose my files?

If so I guess I need to buy a dedicated backup USB drive for SD.

Thanks in advance ]]> General tim2020 http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6285 <![CDATA["Check for Updates" command fails]]> http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6284&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:44:39 GMT I have SuperDuper! set up to run automatically every night and so I only occasionally start it up interactively, to check the logs and make sure all is well. When I did so this morning it reported that it has been unable to contact the update server to check for new versions for several days. Sure... I have SuperDuper! set up to run automatically every night and so I only occasionally start it up interactively, to check the logs and make sure all is well. When I did so this morning it reported that it has been unable to contact the update server to check for new versions for several days. Sure enough, when I select the "Check for Update..." command from the main menu, I get this response after a few seconds:
Quote:
The version check failed due to a "The request timed out." error. Contact support@shirt-pocket.com for assistance.
Now, I didn't contact support via email because this frankly isn't an emergency for me---SuperDuper! is working just fine---and I didn't want to bug Dave. But I thought I'd post here just to see if this is a known issue. ]]> General Lyle http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6284 SuperDuper! could not locate the Destination volume http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6283&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:21:27 GMT I use SuperDuper! on a number of machines with great success, but I'm having trouble with one.

It's by far my oldest machine. A 450 MHz PPC G4, running 10.3.9, and I'm using SD 2.1.4 on it.

I have it connected to a LaCie Firewire drive that I have divided into two partitions. I call them LaCie1 and LaCie2. I have SD set up to back up to LaCie1 on weekdays at 2:30am, and to LaCie2 on Saturday.

The backup to LaCie2 works flawlessly, but almost every time I come in in the morning on a weekday to find "| 02:30:04 AM | Error | The automatic copy aborted because SuperDuper! could not locate the Destination volume named LaCie 1." The SD pane on the screen shows a blank in the pulldown menu for the destination. To put it simply, SD couldn't find LaCie1, and it gave up. But it's mounted. The icon is on the desktop. I can click on the icon to open it!

So I sigh, select LaCie1 in the pulldown, and manually command a backup. Works fine.

So what's going on? I can do a manual backup easily, but the scheduled backups don't seem to work on one of the two partitions. ]]> General Dan Lester http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6283 MBP: Install SL to external, backup, restore to internal? http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6282&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:32:35 GMT I'm still running Leopard 10.5.8 on my Macbook Pro because the last time I tried a straight upgrade of my system to SL it was a disaster as about a third of my work-related apps had problems with it. I recovered my system via TM (which was really slow, but worked) because my SD image is on a network share. So this is what I'd like to do now:

1. Install Snow Leopard fresh on an bootable external HD.
2. Over a few days or weeks, install all my additional software there.
3. Once I'm satisfied that everything is working ok, then make a backup of this SL install on another bootable external HD.
4. Erase the MBP internal HD and restore the external image to the internal drive.

So: can I do this with SuperDuper ? If not, what should I use?

If yes: what are the best settings and procedures to use for this to work?

Thanks! ]]> General Breeze http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6282 Compressing the sparse image file ... http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6281&goto=newpost Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:19:48 GMT Hi, Every time a SD backup is made to a sparse image file, the file increases in size. I would like to automate this procedure by executing a shell script at the end of my backup. I wrote a regular AppleScript that works well. Can somebody help me convert this script in SS language: ... Hi,

Every time a SD backup is made to a sparse image file, the file increases in size. I would like to automate this procedure by executing a shell script at the end of my backup.

I wrote a regular AppleScript that works well. Can somebody help me convert this script in SS language:


Code:
property imagesPathList : {"/Sauvegardes/SuperDuper/Duplication - iMacG5.sparseimage"}

tell application "Caffeine"
        turn on
end tell

repeat with i in imagesPathList
        set filePath to i
        try
                do shell script "hdiutil compact " & quoted form of filePath
        end try
end repeat

tell application "Caffeine"
        turn off
end tell
Regards.



Robert Lespérance


P.S. Caffeine is an utility that can reset the system's idletime periodically, preventing the computer of going to sleep. I suspect that the shell script will not need these statements because SD does that already. ]]> General rlesperance http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6281 What is UnmountAssistant? http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6280&goto=newpost Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:46:12 GMT I have a backup regimen that uses Time Machine for versioned backups, SuperDuper for a weekly bootable duplicate of my entire hard drive, and Carbonite for offsite storage of my most important stuff. This is setup for my Mac mini (Mid 2010). The Time Machine and SuperDuper backups reside on a... I have a backup regimen that uses Time Machine for versioned backups, SuperDuper for a weekly bootable duplicate of my entire hard drive, and Carbonite for offsite storage of my most important stuff. This is setup for my Mac mini (Mid 2010).

The Time Machine and SuperDuper backups reside on a 1TB external hard drive that has 3 partitions: one for Time Machine hourly backups, one for SuperDuper weekly backups, and another, very small, partition that has a duplicate of my Mac OS X Install DVD (which is needed if I want to restore from Time Machine). The external hard drive is connected to the Mac via USB.

I wanted this backup regimen to be as automated as possible. With Time Machine and Carbonite the automation is a no-brainer. The automation with SuperDuper is also pretty simple by using the built-in scheduler. My problem was that I didn’t want to have the SuperDuper partition normally mounted. (I don’t normally keep the Mac OS X Install DVD partition mounted either). What I needed was a way to mount the SuperDuper partition before the SuperDuper schedule activated its weekly backup.

I found an applescript that mounts a volume on Dae’s blog...

http://dae.cyberic.eu/blog/applescri...mount-a-drive/

...that I modified slightly to fit my needs. (I inserted my volume’s name into the myVolumeLabel variable, and commented out the “else” branch that unmounts a drive.) After compiling the modified script and making sure that it worked the way I wanted, I saved it as an application to my...

/etc/periodic/weekly

...folder. Next, I inspected the...

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.periodic-weekly.plist

...file with BBEdit to see when weekly scripts are normally run by the operating system. I used that time, plus 5 minutes, as the scheduled time for my weekly SuperDuper backup.

I have run this setup now for a couple of weeks and it works great but, there is one part of the setup that has taken on a life of its own: after the SuperDuper backup completes the volume is automatically unmounted by something that is apparently part of the operating system (since I commented out the part of the script that unmounts the drive).

I looked in the SupeDuper log and noted the time that my most recent backup completed. Next, using Console.app, under Diagnostic and Usage Information => Diagnostic and Usage Messages, I searched for the word “unmount” and found an entry for UnmountAssistant with a timestamp about 10 seconds after the SuperDuper backup completed. I found the same thing last week when I first tried out this setup.

I consider this “unintended unmounting” of a volume a good thing but, I’m still curious. What is UnmountAssistant and what invokes it after my weekly SuperDuper backup completes? Any thoughts? ]]> General ctucker10 http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6280 Script Malfunction http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6279&goto=newpost Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:01:45 GMT The problem I'm having is on a Mac Mini, 2.53 GHZ, dual core with 4 GB's of memory. Backup is to a 320 GB partition on a Firewire 800 drive. At 9:30 every evening that the system is up the Backup partition mounts, a smart update is performed and Superduper is supposed to quit. Instead, the computer shuts down. I have only one script running and I can find no external scripts that might be interfering. I have tried deleting the script and reestablishing it, but I get the same results. I'm running under OS 10.6.4 and Superduper is the latest version, 2.6.2. I'm sure the resolution to the issue will be painfully obvious, but I just can't see the forest for the trees. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Graylin ]]> General ggrissett http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6279 <![CDATA[SD & VmWare WinXP application]]> http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6278&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:01:15 GMT sorry if I posted this before - can't find the original thread so I'll start again.

:confused:


Where in SD log can I find my VmWare - WinXP - Quicken data files? They should be in a QDF file somewhere in the SD log) ?

I know that VmWare folder and Quicken is copied as I've used it several times on a re-boot from my SD clone. However, I can't seem to locate the VmWare Win XP Quicken data files which ARE on and ARE copied in the SD backup clone.

Any directions that I've missed? ]]> General tuni http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6278 <![CDATA[SD & VmWare WinXP application]]> http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6277&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:09:59 GMT I know that SD copies my (VmWare) WindowsXP Quicken data - have rebooted several times and am able to access it with no problem. In checking the SD logs however, I can not find the path to the Quicken data in the SD log of my cloned backup. Where would it be???? Thx for any help I know that SD copies my (VmWare) WindowsXP Quicken data - have rebooted several times and am able to access it with no problem. In checking the SD logs however, I can not find the path to the Quicken data in the SD log of my cloned backup.

Where would it be????

Thx for any help ]]> General tuni http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6277 SD giving me odd error message http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6276&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:36:39 GMT Hi,

I'm trying to do a complete file backup on a new disc. However, I'm getting this error message Disk image "/Volumes/My Book Vol.1/Music Programs Backup.sparseimage" is not writable or the path is invalid.

First, the name of the backup drive is The Way Back Machine and SD finds it with no problem. I've tried re-partitioning the drive as well as repairing permissions on the drive I want to copy but I still get the same message.

Second, the "What's going to happen" script tells me that, after the copy is finished, a restorable image of The Way Back Machine will be saved as Music Programs Backup.sparesimage. Why the different name? Thanks John ]]> General Emerson http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6276 Out-of-date log http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6275&goto=newpost Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:24:53 GMT Hi Dave...
Haven't written in a long time because SD is working Super! But...noticed after back-up today that SD is still displaying the log from July 27th; I've backed up many times since then. I restarted my Mac just now to see if I could get today's log to show up, and no joy. Any idea what's wrong?? Should I even be concerned?

Lea ]]> General Circe525 http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6275 Littlesnitch alert when superduper starts http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6274&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:39:54 GMT Just recently I have noticed Little Snitch popping up with a slightly ominous looking request for automountd to connect with fakehome.dat and just realised it is showing up a couple seconds before scheduled SuperDuper! backups. Does anybody know what this is about? Just recently I have noticed Little Snitch popping up with a slightly ominous looking request for automountd to connect with fakehome.dat and just realised it is showing up a couple seconds before scheduled SuperDuper! backups. Does anybody know what this is about? ]]> General ashleykaryl http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6274 backing up 2 drives http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6273&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:56:58 GMT Hi checked out the other topics on this but couldn't fine one that fit it just right so I'm wondering if I can do this.

I have a large external drive which I back up my main hard drive to, but have enough room on it where I could utilize it to back a spare sata internal drive where I keep all of my photos.

Is there a right and wrong way to accomplish this apart from just dragging the photos over there.

I'm using a MacPro Intel running Snow Leopard
Thanks ]]> General daleslad http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6273 How to secure the backup files? http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6272&goto=newpost Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:06:46 GMT I am finally at that point where I have a plan and the hardware to have an offsite backup. One thing that has always bothered me about having a clone on a separate portable drive is the possibility of losing that drive. Is there a good method for making the drive's contents inaccessible unless you have a password? ]]> General macgenie http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6272