SuperDuper! overview

SuperDuper! is an advanced, yet easy to use disk copying program. It can, of course, make a straight copy, or "clone" - useful when you want to move all your data from one machine to another, or do a simple backup. In moments, you can completely duplicate your boot drive to another drive, partition, or image file.

Clones for safety. To ensure you can safely roll back a system after the unexpected occurs. With a few clicks, you can easily "checkpoint" your system, preserving your computer's critical applications and files while you run on a working, bootable copy. If anything goes wrong, just reboot to the original. When you do, your current Documents, Music, Pictures - even iSync data - are available! You can get back to work immediately.

Clones for industry! SuperDuper has enough features to satisfy the advanced user, too. Its simple-but-powerful Copy Script feature allows complete control of exactly what files get copied, ignored, even aliased ("soft linked" for the Unix inclined) from one drive to another.

What’s new in version 3.9

Enhancements

Faster Cloud File Handling. Local Cloud Storage files are now copied, and remote files and folders are skipped without significant speed penalty.
Sequoia Compatibility. We now work as expected with Sequoia.
Dark Mode Support. v3.9 now requires 10.13 and later to run, and now supports Dark Mode (which was introduced in 10.14).
More Reliable Replication. SuperDuper tries to prevent the display from sleeping during replication.

Bug Fixes

Local cloud folder deletion, when needed, now works in all cases.
Fixed a problem recreating certain application symlinks.
Banished old textured windows to the land of wind and ghosts.
Now handles being launched from an external drive when unlocked/authorized better. Where by “better” we mean “does not crash”, which, to our minds, is definitely better.

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What users say about SuperDuper!

By braelegg-1 on Oct 21 2023 for v.3.8

Value: 5.0

I have been using SuperDuper for over a decade now. There is no better clone app out there! I have used CCC (CarbonCopyCloner) and SuperDuper is superior! It has a great GUI, and is Super Stable and is a great insurance policy for your data when you do upgrades and bootable back-ups. Being able to create bootable back-ups gives you piece of mind that if you upgrade the OS, you can always go back to your previous OS. Finally the customer support is bar-none… I upgraded to 3,8, and experienced a minor issue and emailed their support email, and received real time suggestions and solutions… It ended up I just had to reboot my laptop, and then wait patiently for SuperDuper to do its thing….. and success… I was able to upgrade and maintain a ‘safety’ copy …just in case. I purchased this software 10 years ago , and I’m still receiving FREE upgrades and customer support…. It’s the best 29$ I have spent on my Mac! I HIGHLY Recommend this application for all users. You make a clone on an external SSD, and if your hardware fails or is compromised you take your ‘clone’ to any Mac and pick up where you left off, and then when you replace your hardware you merely copy your clone to the new device and you are back in business … right where you left off. Have no doubt this application delivers on all fronts, and the free tech support pays for itself with your first email!

Other user ratings:

Ease of use | 5.0

Features | 5.0

Reliability | 5.0

Customer support | 5.0

4.5

(397 Reviews of SuperDuper!)

Comments
User Ratings

betacygnus

Jul 13 2024

3.8

0.0

Version: 3.8

The main reason I didn't dump Apple and switch to Linux years ago was because Carbon Copy Cloner Versions 5 (and previous which I have used for 20 years) gave me the safety and security of knowing I had a bootable, full-system bare-metal restore clone at the ready in case of catastrophic drive failure. I recently "upgraded" to CCC 7 and it offers nothing over and above Time Machine. Correct me if I'm in error, but at this time, there is no software in the Linux Cosmos which can offer a full-system clone with restore capabilities?

Derekcurrie

May 23 2024

The Bootable Clone Situation: Over at the Bombich CCC page, I posted the link to their article detailing what's going on at their end. Bombich specifically point to Apple's M-Series chips and accompanying APFS as unable to deal with bootable clone backups. MEANWHILE: There's been a good detailed discussion over at SuperDuper!'s Discussion site. The general conclusion from their Discussions Administrator is: "General reliability along with speed, and you're more likely to have a bootable copy on SSD." - - SUMMARY: Use ONLY SSDs as you bootable clone drive. ONLY! And, summarizing from Bombich CCC's perspective: ALSO make a SEPARATE BACKUP! SEPARATE! Apple's limitations are NOT allowing clone drives to work as RESTORE drives. Awful. SO KEEP THIS IN MIND! - - I.E.: Make your clone, but ALSO make a SEPARATE BACKUP! Here is the top level of the Bombich SuperDuper! Discussion: https://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?p=35342#post35342

bdikkat

May 13 2024

So CCC version 7 comes out, and I think, I still can't do bootable backups with it, yet here we go again - an 'update' that asks for more money. So I read the comments about SuperDuper! (what a name) and people claim I CAN do bootable backups with it, on Ventura, Sonoma, whatever. But Bombich said it was impossible. So who's right? (PS I notice that SuperDuper!'s user manual is dated as 2006, and the website looks like system 8 or something...) Totally confused.

Feb 1 2024

I've reported to the dev that the "User's Guide.pdf" alias file on the DMG is broken. The User's Guide can instead be found at: /Applications/SuperDuper!/Contents/Resources/User's Guide.pdf - - The menu item Help/User's Guide works fine.

robertwsunday

Jan 18 2024

I can use this to transfer between a case sensitive system and a case insensitive system?

Abramurkwian

Sep 19 2024

3.9

5.0

Version: 3.9