If you want a bootable snapshot backup of your whole Mac use SuperDuper.
The reg version can be used for incremental updates but I tend not to use it
for that but as a not so long ago clean system that I can revert to if
needed or boot from if needed.
Time Machine is fairly brainless but doesn’t make a bootable clone.
It does automatically keep versionary copies of your data according to space
available.
I would use them both if possible but she may like TimeMachine as the method
of backup and retrieval of her data. At present I’m not on 10.5 and use
Chronosynch for mirror backups of various data on various drives.
But for a backup of the System itself I use SuperDuper.
hope this helps
regards
Brian
You can partition the drive to suit your/her requirements.
diarbyrag said recently:
On 8 Dec. 2007, 1:22 pm, thatkeith wrote:
One good way to do this is to
buy and install Leopard and set up a large external drive for use as
the Time Machine backup.Keith, or other venerable Mac experts…
One question re: Time Machine.
A client of mine has just bought a big G5 Mac with two 500 GB hard drives lots
of ram etc. I know she is going to ask me to help her as she wants to keep a
backup of everything on the second drive. I am waiting to get a new Mac myself
next year so as yet I have not had chance to dabble with ‘the leopard’ so I do
not know the answer to this yet…Q: I have been told that time machine does not make ‘bootable backups’, but
that it only backs up your data. does anyone know if this is correct please ?if so I think I might get her to get Superduper instead which I know certainly
does.comments appreciated
Gary
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