SubRosaSoft CopyCatX™

What is it, and why would I use it?

SubRosaSoft CopyCatX is an extremely fast and easy-to-use utility for duplicating an OSX drive and is perfect for the someone who wants to upgrade to a bigger drive, or a systems administrator who needs to deploy multiple drives with identical content.

CopyCatX utilizes a method called "device-to-device copying" instead of the more common "file-by-file" copy employed by most backup software. Using device copy enables you to retain every detail of the original drive, from bootablity to the icon locations. Device copy is also a lot faster than the traditional file-by-file backup.

The use of device copy normally means the size of the destination volume will be the same as the source volume, but, with our resizing technology, we have successfully managed to overcome the primary limitation found in other device copy programs. After the device copying is completed, CopyCatX will automatically expand the volume size to the maximum, so no space is wasted.

Even with such features and the performance, CopyCatX is extremely straight forward to use. CopyCatX's easy-to-use interface was designed for all OS X users. The whole operation can be completed in 3 steps.

How do I use it?

To use CopyCat™ double click on its icon in the finder. You will be presented with the window shown below.

Select the source (original) disk from the list on the left, it will be shaded in purple. Then select your destination disk(s) from the list on the right. To select more than one drive hold down the shift key when clicking on the right hand list. When you are ready, click on the copy button. You will then be presented with the screen shown below.

This window shows the progress of the copy process. Press the start button to begin the copy.