files already up-to-date on reformatted disk

Originally Posted by eangles

When performing a fresh initial back-up subsequently (Smart Update), SuperDuper told me 1.75GB were already up-to-date.

Actually, I noticed the same thing after I reformatted my target volume and was cloning to it. At least initially, I think it was the same amount (1.75 GB) I assumed this "Already up-to-date" was counting the exclusions from the source volume. Not so?

Re logs, does SD throw out the old log and start fresh every session? If I needed to send you a log from a previous backup, is that possible, or would I have to reproduce the backup?

Thanks,
Jim