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Cloning question
Hi. I was wondering what the general consensus is regarding the best cloning program for Mac. I'm running both 10.4.6 and 10.5.8 and I'm considering Carbon Copy Cloner, Super Duper, and LaCie's Silverkeeper.
Thanks for any comments on this. Jeff |
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Re: Cloning question
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i think a couple of apps/plugs needed their serial codes re-entering on first launch from the cloned system, that's all.
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Re: Cloning question
Everyone seems to swear by CCC - I myself, have NEVER had any problems with it, and it's now Free.
Only real disadvantage, is it takes about 4x as long as OS X's built in Disk Utility. I make regular Images of my system drive, restore them to new Upgraded Drives, and restore in emergency situations when a System has become corrupt, generally using OS X Disk Utility, for almost a decade. I admit, the road got bumpy in Tiger, when 3 or even 4 "Dot revisions" of OS X 10.4.x" Disk Utility was broken... this turned ALOT of people away, and onto SuperDuper and CCC - Both of which I own (For that reason) and are Fantastic... but again... Disk Utility will make a Compressed Disk Image of my System drive from about 165gb down to 95gb for Storage, in about an hour... CCC takes about 4hrs, and won't compress, for Storage. I think you're safe with what ever you Go with btwn OSX, CCC, or SuperDuper.... however I've "Heard" nightmares about Silverkeeper - I DONT have ANY personal experience with it, maybe those nightmares could be corroborated, or dispelled by other users here - Done properly, CCC and OS X Disk Utility get my Full endorsement, I've cloned and Imaged Hundreds of times, and still do, on a monthly Basis - Good luck !
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Re: Cloning question
I'm one of those who've seen nightmares with Silverkeeper. It wasn't my data, but i was called in by a friend to try and solve his problems. After retrieving, permissions were all over the place. The problem was resolved and the same user has done some correct retrieves since, but considering my flawless experience with CCC, I don't see the point in taking the risk. CCC and SD don't put you on LaCie's mailing list, either. When cloning is involved, I personally don't much care about time but KingFish raises an excellent point about DU being fast.
In the end, they all work pretty much as advertised. Drive cloning is pretty simple, after all. |
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Re: Cloning question
Thanks for the post KingFish. I was wondering if there are any issues with creating a Disk Image of an entire hard drive, and saving it to the same drive that you are imaging. Is this bad practice? Also, how do you go about restoring an image of a drive and replacing the old one?
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I use to use CCC but switched a few years ago to SuperDuper and swear by it.
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SuperDuper Here A+
Keeps all my NI auths. Free or $small for incremental BU's ++ At some-point I'll try their sandbox mode which sound interesting for multi-user environments. (Anyone tried this?) Mostly OS 10.5.8 & some 10.6.1 All PT's 8.0.1 HD/LE |
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+1 for super duper. I rely on it.
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Re: Cloning question
Thanks for all the comments so far. I had just decided to go with CCC and then the Super Duper gang chimed in so I guess I need to still do a little more research on the differences between the two. I probably was subconciously hoping everyone would say that all but one were terrible. Not complaining, though. The more facts from you all the better. Decisions, decisions still.
Jeff |
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