Thank you for your interest in SuperDuper!

SuperDuper is designed to make it easy for you to isolate your computer from unwanted system changes.

While SuperDuper can be used as a flexible disk copying utility, it goes well beyond mere duplication. Its unique "Safety Clone" feature lets you install potentially risky drivers or system updates without fear of creating an unbootable or unworkable system – or losing access to your critical personal data.

SuperDuper's power is accessible to Macintosh users of any ability, thanks to its easily understood interface and complete documentation. Everything that will occur is presented in a clear summary section entitled "What's going to happen?", ensuring that even the least experienced is guided through the process step by step.

Documentation
SuperDuper comes with complete documentation. To access it, start SuperDuper and choose "User's Guide" from the Help menu.

Revision History

Version 1.5.5(74), April 6, 2005
• Tiger preparations. We've made various changes necessary to handle the upcoming release of Tiger (OS X 10.4). More information and updates will be available when Apple announces Tiger's release.
• Safety Clone updated to handle Sticky Brain 3. The OpenBase database, used by Sticky Brain 3 and some other 3rd party applications, stores user data in an unusual location: this location is now shared when using a Safety Clone.

Version 1.5.4(73), December 16, 2004
• Improved On the Fly Verify. We've enhanced SuperDuper!'s ability to detect and correct for unusual permissions and ownership during a clone.

Version 1.5.3(72), December 9, 2004
• Improved Safety Clone. SuperDuper!'s Safety Clone has been improved, and now even works with FileVaulted home folders.
• Better special character handling.  Quotes and other unusual characters in volume names no longer cause errors when the drive is backed up.
• Corrected Jaguar Incompatibility. The Load/Save sheets no longer cause SuperDuper! to refuse to accept further commands under Jaguar.

Version 1.5.2(71), November 11, 2004
• Example script fix. The syntax error in the sample script (in the Extras folder) has been fixed.
• Removed default name. The registration window previously filled in the Registration Name with the user's "long" login name. This caused confusion when that name was not the same name the user supplied during registration. We now leave this field blank.

Version 1.5.1(70), November 1, 2004
• Root login fix. This version fixes a bug in 1.5(69) that caused boot problems with clones created when the user was logged in as the (normally disabled) root user.

Version 1.5(69), October 27, 2004
• AppleScript Support! AppleScript has been added to allow automatic operation (a full scheduling UI is on the way in the next major release). An example script is in the Extras folder, and the procedure to schedule it is discussed in the manual.
•	Pre-authentication. SuperDuper! can be unlocked (pre-authenticated) to allow copy operations to run without an authentication prompt.
•	On-the-Fly Verify! Our new, proactive verification dynamically corrects for unusual permissions that can confuse other programs, resulting in "data lockout" or unbootable clones - even repairing permissions can't do this!
•	UI Improvements! We've made many small tweaks and changes to make our user interface clearer than ever.
•	Better copying! Never satisfied, we've made significant improvements to Smart Update and all other copy operations.
•	Expanded and improved manual! Our terrific documentation is better than ever!

Version 1.3(68.2), August 12, 2004
• Works around a Jaguar bug that prevented 10.2.8 users from unlocking their keychain when booted from the cloned drive.

Version 1.3(68.1), August 6, 2004
•	Fixed a problem in auto-upgrade: if either the source or destination was "blank", clicking Upgrade wouldn't do anything.

Version 1.3(68), August 6, 2004
• Back-to-back backups! You can now perform more than one backup without having to quit SuperDuper!
•	Saved Settings. You can save a whole group of settings -- source, destination, options and script -- and re-load them for re-use.
• Automatic re-mounting. If a volume or image is available but not yet mounted, SuperDuper! will automatically locate and re-mount it. If it can't be found, SuperDuper! will prompt, and continue once you've plugged it in.
•	Remembered source and destination volumes. The source and destination volumes are now remembered when you quit SuperDuper!, and restored when you restart.
•	Faster! We've made numerous changes to improve performance - and SuperDuper! is faster than ever!
•	Better! We've worked to correct the bugs users have reported since the last release.

Version 1.2.3(65), May 20, 2004
• Corrected serial number validation error

Version 1.2.3(64), May 20, 2004
• Significantly expanded the manual with new sections on backing up, restoring and recovering from a disaster
•	Improved automatic update behavior, especially when running from the SuperDuper! disk image
• Enhanced error handling
• Various UI improvements

Version 1.2.2(63), April 14, 2004
• To save space, SuperDuper! now automatically shares Darwin Ports' /opt/local directory when doing a Safety Clone
• Improved error handling when files legitimately vanish during copying (due to OS or other operations)
• Automatically excludes the bad file installed by some versions of StuffIt (the files has no effect on the operation of StuffIt, and can be safely ignored by SuperDuper)
•	Added page numbers to the User Manual

Version 1.2.1(62), April 1, 2004
• New installs now default to Erase, then copy rather than Smart Update
• Changed the default image compression to "No compression" to improve performance (adjustable, as before, in SuperDuper's preferences)
•	Corrected a problem where two volumes with the same name under Mac OS X 10.2.8 would crash SuperDuper on launch
•	Changed implied default to Erase, then copy when restoring from images
• Fixed intermittent problem in the manual update check
•	Minor changes to the User Manual

Version 1.2(61), March 24, 2004
• Added the Smart Update feature, which quickly and accurately updates a clone to exactly mirror the original
•	Added Copy Different, which only copies files that are different (newer or older)
•	Changed SuperDuper!'s install to pure drag-and-drop
•	Expanded and improved the User Manual
• Simplified and improved aspects of the User Interface
• Improved the operation of file specifications in Copy Scripts
•	Reworked the auto-upgrade mechanism to handle firewalls and blocked communication without an extended timeout
• Fixed and improved various other minor issues

Version 1.1(56), February 18, 2004
• A "copy newer" option greatly speeds up backup scripts
•	Now allows copying non-boot drives without using Option
•	Clarified and improved the manual
•	Safety Clones now exclude Previous Systems to improve speed and reduce size
•	Registration/serial number fields trim excess whitespace better
•	Improvements to log readability
•	Built-in copy scripts are now properly set to Read-Only
•	Update check now uses Port 80 to avoid firewall problems
•	Files that go "missing" during copy due to active volume use are now warnings, not errors 

Version 1.0.1(55), January 19, 2004
• Changed initial launch to display the manual, to introduce users to SuperDuper's capabilities.
• Fixed a problem when storing images on NFS volumes: they would sometimes end up being owned by "nfsnobody".
• Corrected a problem when "blessing" the target that would sometimes use the incorrect boot information
• Updated and clarified various parts of the manual, including the introduction, Safety Clone description, Copy Script description and aspects of the tutorials.

Version 1.0(54), January 13, 2004
• Fixed a problem where running for the first time without changing the selected script would fail, saying "Backup - all files" could not be found.
• Corrected a timing issue: on a fast machine, restoring from an ASR image would sometimes indicate that the volume could not be found.

Version 1.0(53), January 12, 2004
• General release

SuperDuper! 1.0
Written by Bruce B. Lacey

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