18.2. SuperDuper

One of the easiest-to-use and most versatile third-party backup programs available for the Mac platform is SuperDuper, an application developed by David Nanian and available from www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper. SuperDuper is more flexible than Time Machine and has more features. If you're willing to plunk down $30 for the software, you'll be given the extra ability to write custom backup scripts, schedule backups, and use sandboxing (a highly useful utility that backs the system up to a separate volume that can be used to boot the machine if it crashes).

After you've downloaded and installed SuperDuper, a configuration window opens that allows you to configure what data should be backed up and where it should be backed up to ...

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