Forum: General
11-30-2020, 02:02 PM
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Forum: General
07-30-2020, 12:15 PM
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I added the SSD SuperDuper backup to the...
I added the SSD SuperDuper backup to the spotlight privacy section as you suggested and it still hit 100C but perhaps the temperature stayed 2-3C lower on average over longer periods. That's an...
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Forum: General
07-29-2020, 06:13 PM
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It surprised me as well and I wondered if using...
It surprised me as well and I wondered if using an SSD for backup effectively releases the brakes, allowing the CPU to race up like that. Time Machine is backing up to a separate drive that isn't SSD...
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Forum: General
07-29-2020, 05:52 PM
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CPU temperature during backup
I imagine this is all deemed safe and within tolerances but I've been surprised at how hot the CPU becomes on my new mini during backups with SuperDuper. On the old Mac Pro it sits at around 50C,...
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Forum: General
05-28-2020, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 2
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Catalina Bug?
I just saw on the Mac Rumors site that the developers of CCC have reported a bug with the latest version of Catalina released yesterday that is blocking bootable backups and I wondered if this will...
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Forum: General
05-02-2020, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 9,013
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Forum: General
05-02-2020, 12:05 PM
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Best hard drives in 2020?
I ran a search here and found some old threads, but things change and I wondered if there are any thoughts on the best and worst hard drive brands in 2020? Also any thoughts on the reliability of SSD...
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Forum: General
04-25-2020, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,139
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Forum: General
04-25-2020, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,139
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Forum: General
04-25-2020, 08:41 AM
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Yes I think keeping it unencrypted in this case...
Yes I think keeping it unencrypted in this case may be the best option. The video card is supposed to be fully compatible, but in practice creates all sorts of difficulties. For example, I cannot run...
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Forum: General
04-25-2020, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,139
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Forum: General
04-25-2020, 08:19 AM
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Failing to start fro external backup
In anticipation of the new computer arriving I have started preparing the old Mac Pro for semi-retirement, however I want to keep it usable and maintain backups with SuperDuper.
I read here on...
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Forum: General
04-23-2020, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,332
I was just looking at the WD on Amazon and...
I was just looking at the WD on Amazon and somebody asked about using it as a bootable drive on a Mac. WD responded rather strangely:
"This SSD Model is not suitable to use as a bootable drive....
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Forum: General
04-23-2020, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 9
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My main drive is only 512gigs and one of the...
My main drive is only 512gigs and one of the reasons I bought the 1TB SSD was to store data that doesn't necessarily need to be on the startup drive, therefore I could probably get away with a...
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Forum: General
04-23-2020, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,332
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Forum: General
04-23-2020, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,332
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Forum: General
04-23-2020, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,332
New drive for SuperDuper - No APFS option
I have recently ordered a new Mac mini with the idea of putting the Mac Pro into semi-retirement and I decided to order three new external drives for mini.
There will be a 1TB SSD for general...
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Forum: General
05-14-2019, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,439
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Forum: General
05-14-2019, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,439
snapshot error
My Mac Pro has been acting a bit glitchy lately with High Sierra and if I run disk utility it comes up with an error message:
error: inode_val: object (oid 0x3): invalid nchildren (-3)
This...
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Forum: General
03-16-2019, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,530
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Forum: General
03-14-2019, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,530
The last time I had to do one was after...
The last time I had to do one was after installing High Sierra. Hopefully it won't be needed again.
I think there is something broken with the instant email notifications here. They are not...
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Forum: General
03-14-2019, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,530
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Forum: General
03-13-2019, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,530
SuperDuper folder(s)
For some reason that makes no sense my boot drive seems to have dropped about 70 gigs in free space recently. I know drive space goes up ad down a little on High Sierra, but this seems excessive.
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Forum: General
01-08-2018, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 33,567
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Forum: General
01-08-2018, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 33,567
I use BackBlaze as well. I guess my...
I use BackBlaze as well. I guess my confusion/concern relates to smart updates, because I don't want SuperDuper potentially wiping unrelated information on the same physical hard drive, even if they...
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