Run SuperDuper while not logged on?
 

Hi,

Can SuperDuper run even if I am not logged into the machine? I have looked a little bit for the answer but not as much as I would like to. So apologies for my laziness.

Regards,
Sumit

It cannot (as documented in the Scheduling section of the User's Guide). Sorry, Sumit!

brute force solution
 

So here is how I am going to run SD while I am not logged on.

1. Make an account with parental controls specifically for running SD. So SD is activated in the limited finder.

2. Use System Preferences to do three things:
i. Set a shut down time at 2:50 am everyday, say.
ii. Set a start up time at 3:00 am everyday, say.
iii. Set automatic login on startup into the backup account just created in step 1.

3. Schedule SD to run from the backup account at 3:03 am everyday.

4. When I show up at the computer in the morning, I simply use fast-user switching to log into my regular account.

It is crude and puts the machine through a shut down and restart cycle for no other reason.... but hey it works.

Am I creating some other vulnerability that I should be alarmed about.

Not that I can think of...