MacLife - UK (2020-04)

APPLE’S TIME MACHINE is

a good example of how the Mac

is supposed to work. It takes

a tedious time-consuming

chore — performing regular backups of

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it work automatically so that you can

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all about it.

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limitations, though. It automatically

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going further back in time. But it doesn’t

allow you to create your own schedule

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a regular end–of–the–day backup for

Create and restore a backup

Use SuperDuper to fine–tune and schedule your Mac backups

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Machine can help to “restore” your Mac if

anything goes wrong, it doesn’t allow you

to “boot” your Mac from your Time

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That’s where other backup apps, such

as SuperDuper, can come in really handy.

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basic backup options so you can try it out

and see if you like it before paying for the

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It’s worth paying the licence fee,

though, for additional features such as

the ability to create your own backup

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SuperDuper allows you to boot your Mac

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anything goes seriously wrong with your

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REQUIRES

SuperDuper app, external

USB drive

YOU WILL LEARN

How to back up and

restore files using

SuperDuper

IT WILL TAKE

10 minutes

A key advantage of SuperDuper is that — unlike

Time Machine — it allows you to boot your Mac

from your backup drive, using Startup Disk in

System Preferences.

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