Pushing the Boundaries

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That’s right, a new version of SuperDuper has arrived. It has some new stuff!

I get email

Every so often, a user will ask for more run logging: some sort of master list of SuperDuper copies, so they can reference it during personal contemplation time. I’ve usually suggested that they write a little shortcut to do what they want: after all, that’s what I added the feature for—to allow for extension, and inclusion of behavior that might be user-specific (and, also, to allow people to share Shortcut tips-and-tricks they might develop for SuperDuper).

Making an example

That’s a good approach, I think, but sometimes people need to start with something a bit more elaborate, and tweak that, rather than generate something from scratch.

With that in mind, SuperDuper 4.0.9 includes a new Shortcut—Log SuperDuper Copy to Dashboard.

What does it do?, you might ask? Well, pretty much what’s on the tin.

After each copy, it adds a row of information to the sheet that includes various bits of information about the copy that just ran. At the top, you’ll find a list of the different Copy Jobs that have run (there are typically multiple runs per Job, of course, but only one entry at the top).

You can focus on the runs of one Job by unchecking the Show column for the others, or compare them by checking other Jobs.

If you have so many Copy Jobs that the upper table overlaps the graphs², you can just drag them to relocate where they are on the sheet.

Extend away

Of course, there may be other things you want to do with the data that’s logged, and once the spreadsheet is there, you can change the various charts, add to them, and do what you’d like. The Shortcut will continue to update the runs.

I wouldn’t do that

I’ve had way too many users write in, thinking that their license was only good for a day. They thought that because the Registration window said “Registered for 1 day” the first day they were registered. It would, of course, say “Registered for 2 days” the next day, etc.

Now, I didn’t think this was unclear, but when I get a bunch of emails about something like that, and people think that I’m somehow selling them a 1-day license (folks, I would never do that), it’s time for a change. So, now it says “You’ve been registered for 1 day”, etc.

I hope that’s clearer.

But that’s not all!

Well, that’s mostly all. I’ve also improved some additional very obscure network issues, improved progress display in some edge cases, and individual job phases now remember whether you’ve expanded them or not. So, if you like to see the detailed stats for a given job, that’ll be remembered next time you run.

To enjoy the new version, use the internal updater, or

Download SuperDuper 4.0.9 now!

Once again, thanks for using and recommending SuperDuper!