OSX Tiger and SuperDuper!

[ptaylor]

Wow! That's fast support - You replied before my follow-up with another minor detail!

I'll probably be registering this later this evening..

One other issue - The whole sleep thing on Macs... (I'm a long-time Windows user... Bought my mini on the first day they were available and loving it!) I've read that things in cron won't cause it to wake up... What is the typical way that you recommend to people to handle there automated backups? I know there is a way to make your Mac wake up at a specific time, then go back to sleep later.. Will it stay awake if it's still busy at "sleep" time?

Thanks for the help!
Paul

[dnanian]

Happy to help, Paul.

Regarding sleep: I recommend setting a wakeup time for a few minutes (1-2) before your scheduled backup time, and leave the sleep time alone. Your mac will auto-sleep when the backup is done.

[ptaylor]

Thanks again - For some reason I assumed that if you put in a wake-up time, you'd need to supply a value for a sleep time also...

I'm in the middle of backing up to my "daily" sparse image now - It's working fine with the supplied command. I've just registered, thanks to your fab support!

Paul

[dnanian]

Thanks very much, Paul -- your registration is appreciated!

[sjk]

Originally Posted by dnanian

Regarding sleep: I recommend setting a wakeup time for a few minutes (1-2) before your scheduled backup time, ...

As I rediscovered yesterday, if the wakeup time occurs too long before a scheduled backup the system can automatically go back to sleep before it runs. I don't recall the details but I think it was discussed in another thread a couple months ago and there was a workaround for it.

[dnanian]

Yeah, I think that user suggested posting a keystroke. I'm not sure that's necessary if you set your wakeup for a minute before the run.