Creating a bootable backup

Synchronize! Pro X will create a bootable backup of your system disk. Once you have the backup, you can update it with Synchronize! Pro X by copying just the files that have changed.

Here are the steps:

Enable login with user name and password.
1. Use the Apple menu to choose System Preferences.
2. Click Login Window.
3. Click Display Login Window as: name and password fields
4. Close System Preferences.

Enable the root user
1. Open NetInfo Manager. You'll find it in the Utilities folder, inside your Applications folder.
2. Use the Domain menu to choose Security->Authenticate.
3. Enter your administrator name and password.
4. Click OK.
5. Use the Domain menu to choose Security->Enable Root User.
6. Quit NetInfo Manager. 

Erase the backup disk.
1. Open Disk Utility. It's also in the Utilities folder, inside your Applications folder.
2. Erase the volume you want to back up to. This is usually a partition on a disk.
3. Quit Disk Utility.
The disk only has to be erased the first time you backup, not every time.

Log in as root.
1. Use the Apple menu to choose Log Out.
2. Type "root", without the quotes, as the user name. Please note that you must type the four letters "r-o-o-t", not the name of the System Administrator.
3. Enter the password. This is often the same as the System Administrator's password.
4. Click Login.

Set up and run the backup.
1. Open Synchronize! Pro X.
2. Use the File menu to choose New.
3. Click on Backup.
4. Click OK.
5. Drag your system disk from the desktop over the left-hand folder (the Master), and drop it there.
6. Drag the destination disk (the one you erased) from the desktop over the right-hand folder, and drop it there.
7. To start the backup, click the Sync button.
8. Don't forget to use the File menu to save the settings document for future use.

Once the backup is saved, you can update it by logging in as root and running it again.