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Bootable backups? - Version: 3.9, 5/21/2005 03:40PM PST
macfeller
Can't believe someone would pay for this! SuperDuper! is the best bang for your buck and MimMac is only $10. If you're involved in education Synk is free. They all clone. I've read the stuff here on VT and I've lookd on SB's site. No where is mention of bootablility or cloning.
What??? - Version: 3.8.1, 3/23/2005 06:46PM PST
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TheeMZ
I can't understand why apps like these are even hosted. I mean, for 10.3 only??? So the developer chose to alienate the multitudes of Mac users running OSX.2.6-OSX.2.8 At least before OSX.3 only apps began appearing the majority of apps that were being created worked with all OSX systems running. Now developers such as this one forget about that fact, creating OSX.3 "only" apps totally cutting out anyone running any OSX earlier. Whatever.
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Quirk with Quicken - Version: 3.8.1, 8/24/2004 04:10PM PST
Spoffo
I've been using Switchback since I upgraded to OS X (OK, I'm a Luddite. It was only a year ago) Genrally, It does exactly what I want a simple, fast folder sync program to do.
However, users should be aware of an odd bug. If a file is, in fact, a bundle and not a simple single file, Switchback checks and updates the individual files in the bundle, but doesn't update the modified date on the "wrapper" ( I don't know the technical Mac OS term) for the bundle.
I've encountered this with my Quicken files. Switchback backs them up just fine in terms of picking up changes in my Quicken data, but the modified date you see when you do a Get Info on the overall Quicken file doesn't change to reflect the backup. You have overwrite the file in Finder (or Pathfinder) to get that date to change.
The author of Switchback is aware of this problem, and has promised to fix it in the next update.
However, users should be aware of an odd bug. If a file is, in fact, a bundle and not a simple single file, Switchback checks and updates the individual files in the bundle, but doesn't update the modified date on the "wrapper" ( I don't know the technical Mac OS term) for the bundle.
I've encountered this with my Quicken files. Switchback backs them up just fine in terms of picking up changes in my Quicken data, but the modified date you see when you do a Get Info on the overall Quicken file doesn't change to reflect the backup. You have overwrite the file in Finder (or Pathfinder) to get that date to change.
The author of Switchback is aware of this problem, and has promised to fix it in the next update.
