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…before I pull the trigger. I'm interested in the SmartUpdate feature. Ok, so I make a complete backup that takes forever, but that's cool. Then, I go about my business on my main hard drive, creating files, deleting files, etc. On my next backup, I choose the SmartUpdate feature. The program does a scan to see what's new, and copies only those files over. But does it do a comparison scan of what's not on my hard drive and delete the files off of the target drive that are not on the source drive?
Does this make sense?
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Yes, it will delete files from the backup that had been deleted from the original. It's entire goal is to make the backup an exact copy of the original.
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What GGD said. You get an exact clone of your drive at the time of the Smart Update. (Mine takes me about 6 minutes a night via FW800.)
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> It's entire goal is to make the backup an exact copy of the original.
"...except the temporary and system-specific files that Apple recommends excluding."
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Sweet. Thanks for the info.
*clicks SUBMIT
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...Also, there's an advanced option to NOT delete files from the backup (tho' it will still write-over changed files) if that's what you want.
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[quote space-time]is it bootable?
Yep.
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[quote tronnei][quote space-time]is it bootable?
Yep.
Provided, of course, you've specified a bootable backup format onto a bootable device...
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I have noticed it can sometimes fail to work when scheduled if Itunes is on and playing.
Other than that it works like a charm.
3P
