SuperDuper! got an update

[deckeda]

Back on the 1st, it seems. Maybe this is old news, then.

Version 2.6.3(88), July 1, 2011
• Enhancements & Bug Fixes
• Initial Mac OS X Lion support
• Scheduling usability improvements
• SuperDuper! can eject and unmount internal drives after copy
• Improved handling of target volumes that disappear during copy
• In-app support request now posts directly, rather than sending email
• Files that vanish between initial file copy and attribute update no longer cancel copy
• "Backup on connect" now works on 10.4 Tiger
• The During Copy progress bar updates properly for drives larger than 1TB
• Very large nonstandard compressed files will copy without error
• Users will be warned when copying between volumes with different case-sensitivity
• Additional I/O error detection handling during copies
• Files with the user append flag set are properly removed without error
• Drive selection is maintained if the user clicks Cancel
• To simplify registration, SuperDuper! will swap the registration username and key if necessary
• Files with the same name but different case are properly removed when copying from a case insensitive to case sensitive volume
• Improved /Network exclusion logic upon error
• /DamagedFiles, /lost+found and /cores are now excluded during copy
• Sandboxing now shares App Store and Facetime
• Symantec Antivirus files now excluded during copy
• Mozy cache and log files are excluded during copy
• Dynamic link loader maps are not longer copied
• Upgraded 3rd party frameworks to latest revision (e.g. Growl SDK to 1.2.1)
• Many other changes

[kd]

Thanks - my old version of SuperDuper thought it was the latest, even though it wasn't!

[Drew]

Is there a way to automatically mount an external drive for a SuperDuper backup and then automatically unmount it?

[StingMe]

Drew wrote:
Is there a way to automatically mount an external drive for a SuperDuper backup and then automatically unmount it?

"SuperDuper! actually does this automatically
Authored by: dnanian on Jul 27, '10 10:54:24AM
When a scheduled backup is done, SuperDuper! will automatically mount, copy and unmount your drives. So, no special scripting or anything else need be done: just unmount your drive with Disk Utility (don't eject it - unmount it) and the scheduler will do the rest.

Note, too: you don't have to have a time or an "on mount" event set up in the scheduler. Instead, you can open the Scheduled Copies window (Window > Scheduled Copies), select the schedule you want to run, and click Copy Now.

If you do that, we'll do what we do with an 'automatic' schedule—that is, we'll mount the drive, perform the backup and unmount. Automatically.

Hope that's of use!

--Dave Nanian (from Shirt Pocket, the SuperDuper! guys)"

from comments at http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?st...2085231232

[freeradical]

What is the difference between unmounting and ejecting a drive? I always eject my drives.

[deckeda]

Unmount only makes it disappear from the desktop. Eject will additionally spit out a removable disk.

I'm assuming you still have to "eject" if you want to properly unplug an external drive, but someone else will have to confirm.

SuperDuper! probably needs to see the drive connected/not ejected in order to mount whatever volume is on it for backup.

It's a great feature for those who don't want to have the backup drive or volume accessed by accident.

[freeradical]

So unmounting simply removes the drive from the filesystem?

[deckeda]

They both do---at least at the Finder/user level. The difference lies in the ability of an app like SuperDuper! to make it appear again.

And like I said, I haven't turned off or unplugged a drive that was only unmounted to see if the OS complained.

[Drew]

Thanks! Now I wish that I could command-click on the drive and get an "unmount" option in the menu. My Mac is a Macbook and I often (nearly daily) unplug it from a large monitor and back up drives to go out and about. When I return home and plug everything back in, the external drives automatically mount. It would be nice if I didn't have to go to Disk Utility each time just to unmount the Superduper clone.

[deckeda]

What you may want is to not plug that drive in until you're going to run a backup. And then have Super eject it when done. Or there may be a way to configure a drive to not mount when plugged in. Some AppleScriptage maybe.