DCHAPARRO  http://www.shirt-pocket.com/

http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/

Has "Shirt-Pocket" gone out out of business or closed shop? Their website appears to be down and I can't seem to find any alternative servers to download SuperDuper! 2.6.2

Can anyone provide any info?

Thanks in advance.  
(Version 2.6.2)

BLUZY  Been using this program for a couple of years and it's never failed me. Once the initial backup is done, subsequent backups only take a few minutes. Find that it's great for keeping a cloned version of my hard drive and I've restored several times with no hiccups (doing so will defragment the hard drive, too--a nice benefit. I don't quite get their system for excluding folders using "scripts"--but otherwise the program is very easy to use.  
(Version 2.6.2)

NEGRITUDE  I was originally a user of Carbon Copy Cloner, but then Mike Bombich got a job at Apple, and he was sucked into a vortex from which none of his time was able to escape for almost 2 years (the kids these days don't remember that). During that period, Carbon Copy Cloner languished with not a single update or bug fix. While it was usable, there were various annoying issues which made it feel like a less than completely reliable program. It was during Mike's absence that I discovered SuperDuper. Initially, I only used it for making full bootable clones, but after awhile, I decided to buy it and began putting the other features to use. I haven't looked back since. Eventually, Mike found his way out of the wilderness and made it back to us, but by that time many of us had moved on.

Carbon Copy Cloner is a great program, no doubt about that, and it's "free" (it's "donationware", so payment is voluntary), but I can never forget the fact that Shirt Pocket Software came to the rescue when so many of us were feeling abandoned and left out in the cold.

My basic approach is this, I use SuperDuper! for all my personal machines, and I'm willing to pay for the privilege, but when trying to get other folks used to doing regular backups, I often ease them into the idea with the "free" solution of Carbon Copy Cloner. Some people have tighter budgets or are more price sensitive, so if CCC being cheaper helps convince them, I'm all for that. Later, once they're comfortable, I show them what SuperDuper can do. The two programs can coexist, it doesn't have to be an either/or choice.  
(Version 2.6.2)

MAC ADAM  "Scheduled Copies" bugged GUI on 10.6.3 MacPro 2009…

Please help  
(Version 2.6.2)

ITTY  Buggy. Got worse under Snow Leopard. Breaks an Apple GUI rule or two. Sometimes quits out. Sometimes will not quit, requiring a force quit. Main window disappears and requires a quit and relaunch. Relies on Applescripts, which sometimes hang.

Used to be a reliable app superior to Carbon Clopy Cloner (which is free). Now I can't reccommend SuperDuper anymore.

Switched to ChronoSync and am very happy with it. Chronosync is much more powerful and very stable under Snow Leopard [10.6.2].

If you just want cloning to an external HD, partition or image, I'd go with Carbon Copy Cloner.

If you need more than just cloning and incremental backup, want more control over backups and sync's then ChronoSync is the way to go.  
(Version 2.6.2)

AV  Great app.... but isnt it time for a shiny modern new dock icon? Current one looks really bland & dated.... :-)   
(Version 2.6.2)

SOLO68  This is a great app. The developer is quick to respond to support requests. OS X Leopard 10.5.8 Intel Mac.  
(Version 2.6.2)

PAUL.SEIFER  This morning my OS hard drive died. It seemed to be running fine until a restart. After a couple troubleshooting techniques failed, I decided to try booting with my OS back up [made with SuperDuper]. The start up went fine and I was then able to use two different disc utilities to confirm the worst case: drive failure [well, it’s better than logic board failure…].

I purchased and installed a replacement drive; booted from my OS clone; formatted the new drive; launched SuperDuper and copied the data onto it. I rebooted on completion and was up and running. [NOTE: Selecting "Restart from..." under 'On successful completion' in the General Options pane allows you to walk away and return to the newly copied OS up and running]. The entire process would theoretically have taken less than an hour if I had a spare [internal] drive handy. How's that for minimizing downtime?

Look, THINGS HAPPEN & HARDWARE FAILS; often without warning. MY ADVICE: GET SUPERDUPER, A PORTABLE HARD DRIVE [I prefer OWC's Mercury On-The-Go 2.5" drives], AND GIVE YOURSELF A SAFETY NET FOR A RAINY DAY. If you rely on your Mac for important endeavors, it makes no sense not to have a [current] bootable OS clone. All app updates are free and the support is superb as well. SuperDuper is well worth the $27.95 price tag, especially when you consider the value of your time.  
(Version 2.6.2)

DR. GIRLFRIEND  SuperDuper is the most reliable, consistently updated and easiest to configure backup solution on any platform (imho). I started using it in Tiger and found it indispensable. To this day, I still use it in Snow Leopard and it hasn't failed me once.

I have a MacPro and run multiple O/S versions on several different internal harddrives. I use SuperDuper to clone these drives and keep them up to date. SD works beautifully every single time -- right down to the last file opened and read in my email or the last song rated in iTunes. When Snow Leopard came out, I upgraded right away, knowing that SuperDuper had my back (and my backup of Leopard!) safe on another drive. I did the same during the Tiger/Leopard upgrade and can't tell you how freeing and wonderful it was to be able to go back to the older, more stable O/S with all of my apps and settings intact, while the bugs were being worked out on the new one.

I've given up using TimeMachine and other backup schemes in favor of scheduled SuperDuper backups and my life has never been easier. When one of my internal HDDs died a while ago, I just switched to my SuperDuper clone and kept right on working. I only lost less than an hour of work (the time between my scheduled backups) rather than the contents of an entire harddrive. How cool is that?

Like 1Password, I now can't live without it and only wish it was available for other operating systems. 5 unqualified gold stars!  
(Version 2.6.2)

DONMONTALVO  This is really good stuff. CCC is great too (I didn't hesitate to donate to Mike Bombich so he keeps updating it). But I keep finding myself coming back to SuperDuper!

Don Montalvo  
(Version 2.6.2)