I have a strange issue with my Mac Mini with macOS Sequoia 15.5 installed. When I run a SuperDuper backup, it backs up my boot drive to a target image on an external drive. No biggy. ut it's sending some files to the trash for some reason, and I cannot empty the trash because these files are in use. I've contacted SuperDuper and they say they don't send anything to the trash. So this is some kind of OS housekeeping issue. I've turned off iCloud and that didn't work. I automate two different backups every week so I can't reboot to empty the trash of some odd files. How can I fix this? This isn't a SuperDuper issue, but a macOS issue. In ~/.Trash:

Users
└── rich
    └── Library
        └── Mobile Documents
            ├── com~apple~system~spotlight
            │   └── mdlabels
            │       └── com.apple.finder.legacy.mdlabels
            ├── iCloud~com~apple~iBooks
            │   └── Documents
										
            └── iCloud~com~mobirix~swipebrick2
                ├── SavedGame_GameInfo.bundle
                └── SavedGame_StageInfo_1.bundle

>>> 12:31:13 🍎 .Trash ➜ ls -lde@ *
zsh: no matches found: *

I found this in the SuperDuper log:

| 11:08:05 PM | Info |       /Users
| 11:31:04 PM | Info |       Metadata for path: /Volumes/Twin/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels/com.apple.finder.legacy.mdlabels, inode: 678101, link count: 1, flags(0140): compressed acls: (null), created: 2013-06-11 01:45:38, modified: 2015-12-11 14:37:19
| 11:31:04 PM | Info |       Metadata for path: /Volumes/Twin/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~system~spotlight/mdlabels, inode: 678100, link count: 1, flags(00):  acls: (null), created: 2014-03-29 05:00:48, modified: 2025-01-27 23:13:00
| 11:31:06 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/PostgreSQL 9 High Availability Cookbook.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/The Noma Guide to Fermentation.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/The Future of Financial Systems in the Digital Age.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/Clean My Space.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/How We Eat The Brave New World of Food and Drink.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/Bond 06 - Dr No.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/Bond 04 - Diamonds Are Forever.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/Bond 01 - Casino Royale.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/Complete Works of Ian Fleming.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/Crossing the Chasm 3rd Edition Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers Collins Business Essentials.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/The Expectation Effect.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/The Lean Product Playbook.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Ignoring error 1 (Operation not permitted) encountered while trying to change flags (100) on folder /private/var/folders/_k/t5tdgpd93_d6vstpk4678lhh0000gn/T/com.blacey.SuperDuper/8372E6BD-11D2-4F91-B7A4-BCD8DBAACE26/snapshot/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~iBooks/Documents/The Lean Startup How Todays Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses.epub
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Metadata for path: /Volumes/Twin/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~mobirix~swipebrick2/SavedGame_GameInfo.bundle, inode: 681938, link count: 1, flags(0140): compressed acls: (null), created: 2019-01-18 18:23:05, modified: 2019-05-30 10:18:06
| 11:31:08 PM | Info |       Metadata for path: /Volumes/Twin/Users/rich/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~mobirix~swipebrick2/SavedGame_StageInfo_1.bundle, inode: 681942, link count: 1, flags(0140): compressed acls: (null), created: 2019-01-18 18:16:18, modified: 2021-02-14 22:19:56

I've been encountering difficulties with my bootable external drive on my Apple Silicon M2.I can boot Successfully on M1 mac. I've tried creating the bootable drive using ASR, Carbon Copy Cloner, and SuperDuper, but unfortunately, the system doesn't boot up, displaying an error message indicating that the OS needs to be reinstalled on the selected disk. Here are the steps I've taken so far: Checked compatibility: Ensured macOS version on the external drive is compatible with Apple Silicon. Recreated the bootable drive: Used ASR, Carbon Copy Cloner, and SuperDuper to recreate the bootable external drive. Reset NVRAM/PRAM: Attempted to resolve the issue by resetting NVRAM/PRAM. Checked external drive connection: Ensured proper connection and tried different ports and cables. Checked for errors: Ran Disk Utility from Recovery Mode to check and repair any disk-related issues. Despite these efforts, the problem persists. The external drive is formatted with the APFS file system, and I've verified that the cloning tools are up to date. I would appreciate any insights or suggestions from the community on how to troubleshoot and resolve this issue. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem with bootable external drives on Apple Silicon, and if so, how did you successfully address it? I have tried Monterey, Ventura and Sonama as well. Thank you in advance for your assistance!

SuperDuper! crashed recently, and when looking at the report I found /Applications/Tools/*/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/MacOS/SuperDuper! The surprising part is the *, which I've never seen before. Under what circumstances does macOS use this? --- **Lots of background information** While chasing down why SuperDuper! consistently hangs when quitting after doing a backup, I noticed a peculiar line in this .hang file: From /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/SuperDuper!_2019-06-27-154852_taryn-Palantir-2904.hang ... OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13.4 (Build 17E199) Architecture: x86_64 Report Version: 26 Data Source: Stackshots Command: SuperDuper! Path: /Applications/Tools/*/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/MacOS/SuperDuper! Identifier: com.blacey.SuperDuper! Version: 3.2.5 (119) ... Note the application's path. Putting aside the weirdness of an exclamation point in a path*, the asterisk at Tools/*/Superduper!.app has me completely perplexed. I first checked other hang files to see if that was simply an artifact of the logger, but none show a similar behavior: Command: Arduino Path: /Volumes/VOLUME/Applications/Tools/Arduino1.8.9.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino Command: com.apple.WebKit.WebContent Path: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent Process: Console Path: /Applications/Utilities/Console.app/Contents/MacOS/Console The asterisk doesn't appear in the finder, nor in shell listings: Palantir_ethernet:Tools taryn$ pwd /Applications/Tools Palantir_ethernet:Tools taryn$ ls -Al total 129752 ... drwxr-xr-x 3 taryn staff 96 Sep 27 2018 Slack.app/ drwxr-xr-x 3 taryn staff 96 Jul 15 2018 SourceTree.app/ drwxr-xr-x 7 taryn admin 224 Jun 26 15:16 SuperDuper/ drwxr-xr-x@ 3 taryn staff 96 Oct 16 2015 The Hit List.app/ drwxr-xr-x 3 taryn admin 96 May 31 2014 TimeTracker.app/ drwxr-xr-x@ 3 taryn admin 96 Oct 6 2015 TinkerTool.app/ ... (note the '@' by the permissions tells us that there are extended attributes on those files.) I'd thought momentarily it was an instance of the -F arg of ls. From 'man ls': ... -F Display a slash (`/') immediately after each pathname that is a directory, an asterisk (`*') after each that is executable, an at sign (@') after each symbolic link, an equals sign (=') after each socket, a percent sign (`%') after each whiteout, and a ver- tical bar (`|') after each that is a FIFO. ... But that doesn't wash, the asterisk lands in a different spot: Palantir_ethernet:Tools taryn$ ls -AlF SuperDuper/SuperDuper\!.app/Contents/MacOS/ total 3216 -r-sr-xr-x 1 root staff 34720 Jun 24 22:48 SDAgent* -rwxr-xr-x 1 taryn staff 445184 Jun 24 22:48 SDCopy* -rwxr-xr-x 1 taryn staff 94736 Jun 24 22:48 SDDiskTool* -rwxr-xr-x 1 taryn staff 28176 Jun 24 22:48 SDUtil* -rwxr-xr-x 1 taryn staff 1036016 Jun 24 22:48 SuperDuper!* -rwxr-xr-x 1 taryn staff 1036016 Jun 24 22:48 SuperDuper!* Nor did drilling through the App's folders offer any insight: Palantir_ethernet:Tools taryn$ ls -AlF SuperDuper/SuperDuper\!.app/Contents total 32 drwxr-xr-x 24 taryn staff 768 Jun 24 22:48 Frameworks/ drwxr-xr-x 5 taryn staff 160 Jun 24 22:48 Helpers/ -rw-r--r-- 1 taryn staff 5033 Jun 24 22:47 Info.plist drwxr-xr-x 7 taryn staff 224 Jun 24 22:48 MacOS/ -rw-r--r-- 1 taryn staff 8 Jun 24 22:47 PkgInfo drwxr-xr-x 53 taryn staff 1696 Jun 24 22:48 Resources/ drwxr-xr-x 3 taryn staff 96 Jun 24 22:48 _CodeSignature/ -rw-r--r-- 1 taryn staff 504 Jun 24 22:48 version.plist Palantir_ethernet:Tools taryn$ ls -AlF SuperDuper/SuperDuper\!.app total 0 drwxr-xr-x 10 taryn staff 320 Jun 24 22:48 Contents/ Palantir_ethernet:Tools taryn$ ls -AlF SuperDuper/SuperDuper ls: SuperDuper/SuperDuper: No such file or directory Palantir_ethernet:Tools taryn$ ls -AlF SuperDuper total 32 -rw-r--r-- 1 taryn admin 6148 Jun 23 21:44 .DS_Store drwxr-xr-x 4 taryn admin 128 Dec 20 2006 Application Support/ drwxr-xr-x@ 4 taryn admin 128 Sep 15 2015 ReadMe.rtfd/ drwxr-xr-x 3 taryn staff 96 Jun 26 15:16 SuperDuper!.app/ -rw-------@ 1 taryn admin 5670 Dec 20 2006 com.blacey.SuperDuper!.plist Searching the net for stuff like 'MacOS application path asterisk' was fruitless, a few hits reminding us that '*' is a legal char in HFS paths, but you'll need to quote or escape it from the shell. Many hits on wildcard expansion. So, while I'm still trying to understand the crash, this question is whether such a path element has any purpose. In normal use, a UNIX OS would take that to mean "expand/enumerate all directories under 'Tools/' which contain a subpath like 'SuperDuper!.app/Contents/MacOS/SuperDuper!' ". Such a usage makes no sense in the context of a log entry that is reporting an explicit known location. But HFS is a bit weird, in that it is exceptionally permissive of special chars in paths, provided the char is escaped or the path quoted when used from the shell or system calls. I'm down a classic rabbit hole, I set out to understand a crash, and hours later, I'm still trying to understand how this stupid path got mis-parsed by the logger. *I've always thought it was bad form to use special chars in paths and files, even though MacOS and HFS/APFS allow it.

I want to use an older macbook pro for scheduled backups of my current macbook pro. I would prefer to use something a little more user friendly/intuitive than Time Machine. Can SuperDuper backup/restore my current system SSD to an external mechanical drive on another macbook pro on the network?

I recently installed a new SSD on my old MacBook Pro - replacing the HDD. It's running El Capitan. After installing the new drive, I booted from my SuperDuper clone, formatted the new internal SSD to be Mac OS X Journaled, and restored the files from the backup to the new SSD using SuperDuper. However - I just realized that the new SSD does not have a recovery partition. Is there a way to create a recovery partition without doing a full OS X El Capitan reinstall?

Here's the setup I'm setting up: - Mac HD (500GB SSD) - Media HD (2TB SSD) - Daily Backup HD (3TB HDD, partitioned into a 2TB Daily Backup Mac HD, a 500GB Daily Backup Media HD, and an irrelevant 500GB Spare HD) - Time Machine HD, (4TB, but this drive isn't relevant for my question). Using SuperDuper, what's the proper way to back up two separate drives to partitions on a single external drive? Can I back up my Mac HD and my Media HD at the same time? It'll be running automatically in the middle of the night, so speed isn't a concern. I've been backing up one drive M/W/F and the other T/T/S, but I'd like to switch to backing both drives up daily. With SuperDuper, can I schedule both to run at the same time? Also: Since my Mac and Media drives are SSD but my backup drive is a partitioned HDD, is there anything I should be careful of when I format the backup drive? EDIT: I'm specifically asking about backing up multiple hard drives to separate partitions on a single drive. I already have an external 3TB drive partitioned for backups. If my Mac hard drive dies, I like having a bootable backup ready to go in an instant without needing to restore it first. If my Media drive dies, I like having a backup ready to go without needing to restore it first. I also have another external drive for Time Machine. I'm religious about backing everything up (safety first, as they say). I just want to make sure it's fine to back up two hard drives to two partitions on a single drive at the same time.

MS-Office has detected that the HDD has been upgraded to a SSD and is now read only until the Product Key is entered. **Is the product key in one of the files, which can be read?** **How can the product key be recovered from the existing drive?** OSX: El Capitan 10.11.6 Office 2011 This question is slightly different from: How can I recover my MS Office 2011 product key? in the sense that I am seeking to pull the key from the existing system files or database. I have tried the .plist solution, however, the activation problem persists: not sure why copying the .plist file to the SSD a second time would work, when Superduper copied it over along with a .lock file. This question is slightly different from: How can I find the product key of Office 2011 after restoring from backup? 1. Device is Macbook Pro and not a iMac 2. Hard drive is not recovered (ghosted via SuperDuper) Any techniques to extract the product key is appreciated. The laptop was purchased second hand and had office installed / activated on the original HDD. Office must check to see if drive has been changed.

I have working, bootable backup on external drive called "SuperDuper" and my internal drive where I want it restored is "Macintosh HD". I just reinstalled MacOS to make sure it is not a software issue, installed SuperDuper (and nothing else) and still I have this issue: As you can see all disks are available here, so I'm picking up "SuperDuper" and then: Wait, what, where is my "Macintosh HD"? :o **How can I restore my backup to my internal SSD when I can't select the disk?** What I tried so far: 1. booting from SuperDuper bootable disk - it works but it's slow as hell, but the backup is solid and working so here's no issue, 2. recovering from SuperDuper to Macintosh HD while booted from SuperDuper external disk - it restored everything but Macintosh HD was unmounted and I couldn't boot the system (flashing directory icon with question mark on start) 3. fixing (first aid) the recovered disk in recovery mode (COMMAND + SHIFT + R on startup), still unmounted, 4. formatting the disk and trying on fresh MacOS install - no luck, screens above. Any ideas what the heck is going on here? How can I restore my system? Do I get it wrong or I really should try restoring it after booting from SuperDuper first? And what to do with the unmounted disk? Disk utilities could see Macintosh HD but under it there was dsk02s1 or something like this and it was unmounted and I didn't know how to mount it...

I'm trying to transfer a 4 TB Time Machine backup from one USB 3 hard drive to another. I'm currently using SuperDuper to do it, and it's going to take upwards of two full days to perform the copy, if not longer. That's significantly slower than the usual maximum speed for copying over USB 3, and I suspect that what's slowing things down is the overhead of copying each file individually, rather than just copying the raw data on the drive, sector by sector. Given that I just need to duplicate a partition on to another drive: 1. Would it result in a usable partition if I did a sector-by-sector copy? 2. Would that be faster than using SuperDuper? 3. And if yes to both of the above, what are some methods I could use to do that? I already tried using Disk Utility's restore feature to clone feature, but it got about 5% of the way in and then failed with a weird error about a drive being busy. So I don't think it's reliable enough, and it has no option for resuming where it left off. But that said, it did seem like it was going much faster, and if it didn't fail, it would've taken around 8 hours for it to finish. edit: for posterity, the reason Disk Utility failed to copy the drive is because my destination drive was dying and loaded with bad sectors. Under normal circumstances it would probably work and be about as fast as dd. However I like Allan's answer the most because, in case something causes dd to stop mid-copy, you can restart it from where it left off.

I'm currently attempting to debug a Super Duper startup problem where it takes between 10-15 seconds to start up on my machine when wireless/internet is turned on. I have communicated with Dave from Shirt Pocket who advised that Super Duper usually has a lag like this when there are network drives mounted on my machine (i.e. Super Duper would attempt to scan these resulting in the lag). When I turn wifi off, Super Duper starts up immediately. I don't have any network drives mounted on my machine and so this has all been very mysterious. Last night, I installed WireShark and tried to see if there's anything interesting going over the wire. I noticed that roughly around the time I start Super Duper up, I see the following in WireShark: Source | Destination | Protocol | Length | Info ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My IP | Router IP | DNS | 66 | Standard query 0xd574 A System Router IP | My IP | DNS | 66 | Standard query 0xd574 Server Failure The server failure is usually returns between 10-20 seconds (hence the correlation with the Super Duper start up lag). The request from my machine to the router sometimes happens repeatedly (i.e. 2 or 3 times) before the notice of failure returns from the router. I'm not very familiar with using WireShark and reading information off packets in this way (indeed, it's very odd that this is causing any issue with Super Duper at all given that it shouldn't be going out on the network to look for stuff as I don't have any network drives setup at all on my Mac) - my question here is: does anyone know what is happening here and why do I get a server failure from my router? Internet is working with no apparent issues. In case it becomes relevant: this is on a 2012 MacBook Air with OSX 10.9.4 plus the latest versions of Super Duper and WireShark.

I have recently installed an SSD in my iMac and restored my backup using SuperDuper!. Since then, xpcproxy seems to randomly download stuff and uses all my bandwidth for minutes on end. What would be the reason? I am running the latest version of El Capitan (yesterday's update).

When I attempt to boot from an external drive that is an encrypted SuperDuper! mirror of my internal hard drive, I get a login screen that's missing my account an instead has an account called "[Update Needed]", with no user picture. I understand that this is a known issue with FileVault, but it is not clear from what I've read whether it is necessary to do anything about this, or if it can just be ignored (after all, the disk is a backup, and the source seems fine). Can I just ignore this and deal with it when and if I need to use the backup? Is this a sign of problems on the source drive that just aren't showing symptoms there yet (that drive is not, yet, encrypted)?

If I have an external hard drive with a bootable cloned backup (via SuperDuper) - if I encrypt it with the Finder will I still be able to boot from it if necessary? Are there any solutions to enable my backup to be both encrypted and also bootable? I currently use FileVault 2 to encrypt my main SSD, and if I try booting from that (i.e. just booting up my computer) it asks for my password. If I try to boot from a bootable external disk (which happens to be encrypted) will it just ask for the disk password on boot [that is, after I select that as the boot disk], similarly to how I would be asked to enter a password to unlock the SSD encrypted with FileVault 2?

I use Lightroom and keep my library on an external hard drive. After I quit Lightroom I use SuperDuper! to back up that external hard drive to an identical external hard drive. I also have two Transporters , one on-site and another off-site. I would like to backup to the on-site Transporter. The Transporter Library shows up as a folder. I would like to create a sub-folder and then use SuperDuper! to backup to that folder. However SuperDuper only allows you to backup to a mounted volume. Is there a way on OS X to make a directory appear as a volume so it would appear in the to: drop down of SuperDuper! or would the recommended way to be backup to a Sparse Bundle Disk Image located in the Transporter folder?

My MacBook just died and I brought it into the store to get it fixed. Luckily I have a recent backup (from last week) that I made with SuperDuper so I can actually plug it into my wife's Mac and boot it up -- the drive is a bootable clone -- and continue my work. Since I made the backup of course there were changes that I made to files, most of which were uploaded to Dropbox. When I boot up the external HD, what will Dropbox do? Will it automatically update the files to the most recent version?

My MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008) lacks a FireWire or Thunderbolt port. So I must attach an external disk ([Voyager](http://www.newertech.com/products/voyagerq.php)) running over USB 2 to do a full backup (cloning disk with SuperDuper app). Not fast, hours and hours. Any tips or techniques for helping this disk cloning go faster?

First time using SuperDuper and after an hour of attempting to copy files, the process is still in '1. Prepare to Copy Files'. Is this normal?

It's quite easy to start two instances of any app from the command line. In this case: open -n /Applications/SuperDuper\!.app However, I know that this isn't always a good idea because most applications are not meant to share resources with themselves. I was hoping to back up two different drives with SuperDuper! (a hard drive cloning application) at the same time. I was wondering if this is safe.

I have an old Power Mac G5 running OS X 10.5.8 (The newest OS it can run). It is backed up regularly using Time Machine to my Time Capsule. The main drive is 500 GB but I would like to replace it with a 1 TB drive by cloning it, possibly with SuperDuper. Is it possible to trick Time Machine to continuing on with the same sparsebundle rather than starting a fresh, new backup? I don't have much space left on my Time Capsule so a whole new backup would be difficult.

I want to select the who lang comp lab folder for backing up (cloning) using SuperDuper software in OSX but it just allows me to select one file as an image. lang comp lab folder is inside mgserver folder which is a shared one. I have attached some photos which can depict this much better.