Re: does SuperDuper run in Yosemite?

From	FPP <fredp151@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: does SuperDuper run in Yosemite?
Date	2014-08-16 00:13 -0400
Organization	Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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On 2014-08-16 04:11:49 +0000, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> said:

> On 2014-08-16 02:25:11 +0000, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> said:
> 
>> In article <160820141341355459%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
>> <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> A "recovery partition" is rather silly. Not only does it waste disk
>>> space, but if the hard drives dies, the likelihood is that the Recovery
>>> Partition goes with it.
>> 
>> it's not silly and it uses very little disk space.
>> 
>> it's also for corrupted systems not hd failure.
>> 
>>> Trying to reinstall from the Internet is also rather silly. Not
>>> everyone has nor wants the internet or has the internet connected to
>>> every computer (a school for example may not want the internet
>>> connected so that kids are doing what they're meant to be doing).
>> 
>> kids won't be restoring the system.
>> 
>> and discs become outdated quickly, which means you'll still need to
>> download all of the updates, which can easily be a gig or two, if not
>> more.
>> 
>>> All computers should ship with separate restore media in the box - CD /
>>> DVD, USB stick, mini USB hard drive, whatever.
>> 
>> those days are long gone.
> 
> I don't think a recovery partition is silly... just not particularly useful.
> 
> I think it should be an option, not slipped in with a normal install.   
> Most people don't even know it exists...  so it doesn't have anything 
> besides Disk Utility on it.
> 
> The first thing I do after installing a new OS is make a removable Disk 
> Utility on a removable.  I usually just clone the new OS onto an old 
> 150 GB external, with my Utilities added.
> 
> Honestly, I thought everybody did something similar...

Wow... that didn't come across as particularly coherent.  I need more sleep.
-- 
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                Re: does SuperDuper run in Yosemite? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-08-16 22:38 -0400
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