Darkside
05-12-2005, 01:13 AM
I see that most of the entries in the Copy Scripts for excluding temp and cache files match up with those that CCC removes. SD has a lot more temporary files listed, which is good I guess. :)
1) As you say, there are specific files that Apple recommends against copying when cloning. Is there a centralized list of these files anywhere on the web (at Apple's site, perhaps)? Maybe one with an explaination of what the files are/do? I'd do some digging, but I'm not really sure what to search for; plus, you probably know of it off the top of your head. :)
2) CCC and SD differ on some items that are ignored/removed. DesktopDB and DesktopDF are one such case; CCC copies them, SD does not. For these sort of temporary or autogenerated files, I'm assuming there's no risk in leaving them; after all, if they're recreated by the system at launch, they won't last long anyway. Is this a correct assumption?
3) CCC removes a lot more cache files in it's simple "backup everything" routine than SD; the "Exclude system cache files" Copy Script only seems to be used by Safety Clone (aka "Sandbox"... I agree with you that that term resonates more than Safety Clone :) ). Is there any particular reason the cache files aren't coppied with the "Sandbox" option, but they are with Backup - all files?
As you might have guessed, I'm a switcher from CCC. SD is all-around phenomenal; the auto-generated "What's going to happen" narrative is inspired.
Thanks for your help!
1) As you say, there are specific files that Apple recommends against copying when cloning. Is there a centralized list of these files anywhere on the web (at Apple's site, perhaps)? Maybe one with an explaination of what the files are/do? I'd do some digging, but I'm not really sure what to search for; plus, you probably know of it off the top of your head. :)
2) CCC and SD differ on some items that are ignored/removed. DesktopDB and DesktopDF are one such case; CCC copies them, SD does not. For these sort of temporary or autogenerated files, I'm assuming there's no risk in leaving them; after all, if they're recreated by the system at launch, they won't last long anyway. Is this a correct assumption?
3) CCC removes a lot more cache files in it's simple "backup everything" routine than SD; the "Exclude system cache files" Copy Script only seems to be used by Safety Clone (aka "Sandbox"... I agree with you that that term resonates more than Safety Clone :) ). Is there any particular reason the cache files aren't coppied with the "Sandbox" option, but they are with Backup - all files?
As you might have guessed, I'm a switcher from CCC. SD is all-around phenomenal; the auto-generated "What's going to happen" narrative is inspired.
Thanks for your help!