Shirt Pocket announces SuperDuper drive clone utility

Shirt Pocket today announced SuperDuper!, a new disk duplication utility for Mac OS X. SuperDuper can be used as a flexible disk copying utility, offering functions such as "Safety Clone" which allows users to "install potentially risky drivers or system updates without fear of creating an unbootable or unworkable system – or losing access to your critical personal data." The $20 software runs on Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later and will be release on January 14 along with a limited "clone-only" version that will allow users to backup and clone drives for free.

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SuperDuper!

01/12, 11:00am, EST

I've been part of the testing process so I have some experience with the application. I must say I love this app. Really!!! Bruce and Dave have done a terrific job (IMVHO) making it as user friendly as possible yet very customizable (to say the least). It's a great app for both beginners and power users. I already recommended the app to numerous people around me.

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what about CCC

01/12, 12:40pm, EST

is this as robust an app as carbon copy cloner (bombich.com)??

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Robustness

01/12, 12:56pm, EST

Being part of the team, I hate to post about our own product, but I think this is a more robust solution than CCC, in the sense that it has more capabilities. I think you'll find both to be equally "safe", if that's what you mean.

In SuperDuper!, you have file-by-file inclusion/exclusion options; symlinking; useful "copy scripts" that can save your choices for the future and many other options.

You can see all the various options, and browse the interface, by downloading a trial copy. Give it a shot -- I think you'll be glad you did.

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Too bad

01/12, 8:07pm, EST

about the gay name. time to sweep this into the trash.

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