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Forum: General 09-06-2020, 08:23 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,257
Posted By Michael@wengam
I was able to cobble something together using...

I was able to cobble something together using some
spare SATA ports on the motherboard and then run SD! between both
drives on the Mac Pro. For now, it is working (booting) from the SSD,
even if...
Forum: General 09-05-2020, 11:06 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,257
Posted By Michael@wengam
Just to add: I'd like to keep the ZFS array...

Just to add: I'd like to keep the ZFS array intact for now not just for the convenience but also because learning how to access the ZFS array from MacOS is a part of the exercise.
Forum: General 09-05-2020, 10:55 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,257
Posted By Michael@wengam
Running between two external drives on another machine

Our Mac Pro 2008 is in retirement as a Linux powerhouse. It boots from a 2.5" SSD on a PCIE adapter card, and with 52GB RAM, an Nvidia card and a ZFS array that uses all four SATA bays, it is doing...
Forum: General 11-22-2018, 11:02 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,187
Posted By Michael@wengam
Thank you, that seems to be true for this...

Thank you, that seems to be true for this enclosure too. After I turn off security and allow external booting during a Command-R start, I can successfully select and boot from the external SSD in the...
Forum: General 11-22-2018, 09:26 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,187
Posted By Michael@wengam
How I did this

This enclosure worked well for this, connected to a 1TB SSD Mac Mini 2018 (now 95% full) through USB-C:
Mediasonic ProRaid USB-C 2 Bay 2.5” SATA SSD/Hard Drive Enclosure – USB 3.1 Gen-II 10Gbps...
Forum: General 11-06-2018, 06:56 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,187
Posted By Michael@wengam
Good point!. Thanks.

Good point!. Thanks.
Forum: General 11-06-2018, 06:52 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,187
Posted By Michael@wengam
Multiple partitions for SD! on external drive?

I'd like to make daily, weekly and monthly clones of my internal hard drive to an external one three times bigger.

Can I just partition the external drive into three partitions, and then schedule...
Forum: General 03-09-2018, 11:30 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,304
Posted By Michael@wengam
I am wondering about a possible complication if...

I am wondering about a possible complication if both users are logged in to the same machine under 'fast user switching' and they both have the same schedule set to run at the same time.

As I...
Forum: General 03-09-2018, 10:20 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 8,247
Posted By Michael@wengam
You can find the shipping version of the OS for...

You can find the shipping version of the OS for that machine in Mactracker
http://mactracker.ca/index.html
Forum: General 03-02-2018, 10:55 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,304
Posted By Michael@wengam
Multiple users on one machine: schedule same backup for each user to ensure SD! runs?

I want SuperDuper! to wake from sleep and clone this machine's drive to an external USB drive at the same time every day, no matter who was last using it (and let the machine sleep while logged in)....
Forum: General 12-07-2017, 09:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 18,957
Posted By Michael@wengam
Thanks. Good. I originally made my clone in...

Thanks. Good. I originally made my clone in February 2017. Wouldn't it have been an HFS+ volume then?
Forum: General 12-07-2017, 02:03 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 18,957
Posted By Michael@wengam
I don't remember reinstalling the system to...

I don't remember reinstalling the system to regenerate the Recovery after cloning to my new OWC SSD in my MacBook Pro some months ago, yet I have a Recovery (proved by starting up with Command-R held...
Forum: General 12-05-2017, 08:45 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,100
Posted By Michael@wengam
I get a story called 'Automatic Transmission'....

I get a story called 'Automatic Transmission'. Can't find anything about APFS there.

[Edit: thanks for the updated link (next post)]
Forum: General 10-19-2014, 10:58 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,733
Posted By Michael@wengam
Fixed by Yosemite upgrade

Just to give an update on this, the problem finally went away when I upgraded to Yosemite OS X 10.10

Schedules now appear to be running again as normal.

For me, the problem occured during a...
Forum: General 10-17-2014, 04:14 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 17,433
Posted By Michael@wengam
SD! told me a new version was available. But I...

SD! told me a new version was available. But I think there was too much text in the message in the SD! panel for me to see/click the Update button. I downloaded the new version and did a manual...
Forum: General 05-09-2014, 10:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,733
Posted By Michael@wengam
I've attached an hour of my All Messages from...

I've attached an hour of my All Messages from Console, spanning a scheduled SD! run set for 8:42 AM.
Forum: General 05-08-2014, 12:32 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,733
Posted By Michael@wengam
Yes, I see that launch agent in the LaunchAgents...

Yes, I see that launch agent in the LaunchAgents folder, and I have pasted its contents below. The Backup by Time.scpt file that it references is dated Feb 22, 2014, which would be about the last...
Forum: General 05-04-2014, 11:39 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,733
Posted By Michael@wengam
Well, I have not been paying attention closely...

Well, I have not been paying attention closely until recently, but yes I don't think I have ever seen a date entered under 'Last Copy' since around the time I moved to Mavericks and 2.7.2 in...
Forum: General 05-03-2014, 12:11 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,733
Posted By Michael@wengam
Scheduling not working

[FYI (edit): problem solved by Yosemite upgrade, although it is a mystery why -- MW 10/19/2014]

My Scheduled copies are not running, since around the time of v2.7.2, which also coincided with me...
Forum: General 12-30-2013, 12:11 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 15,272
Posted By Michael@wengam
If you're backing up by schedule to a disk image...

If you're backing up by schedule to a disk image on network-attached storage, do you also need to run SD! in an admin account to automatically mount/unmount the disk images? [I don't have one to try...
Forum: General 12-30-2013, 09:36 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 15,272
Posted By Michael@wengam
Thanks for explaining. With fast user...

Thanks for explaining.

With fast user switching, can a SuperDuper! schedule set up by User 1 run when User 2 is logged in and visible (is that called 'in front'?), while User 1 is logged in but...
Forum: General 12-29-2013, 11:35 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 15,272
Posted By Michael@wengam
Auto-mount internal drive by non-admin user?

My main user ID had admin status when I set up schedules for SuperDuper! to clone the single startup drive to an internal drive on my MacPro. Normally the other drive is unmounted: SD! was able to...
Forum: General 09-16-2012, 09:24 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,547
Posted By Michael@wengam
I see someone has also written a Systems...

I see someone has also written a Systems Preferences pane:
http://www.redcliffetechnology.com/content/Unmount_Volumes.html

And TinkerTool System does it too:...
Forum: General 09-16-2012, 09:18 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,547
Posted By Michael@wengam
Preventing internal backup disk(s) from mounting at boot

On my Mac Pro, SuperDuper! automatically clones the boot drive to an internal disk every morning.

But I don't want the backup disk mounted when SD! is not running.

Topher Kessler on Macfixit...
Forum: General 03-23-2011, 10:36 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 8,043
Posted By Michael@wengam
Oh yes, I was assuming that, and did not mean to...

Oh yes, I was assuming that, and did not mean to point the finger at SD!

Nevertheless, it would be nice if SD! could work around this :)
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