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SuperDuper! 4 for Mac

The premier, field-tested bootable backup and drive cloning utility for macOS, offering reliable disaster recovery and smart scheduling.

$55.00
In English
Version 4.0.1

SuperDuper! 4 overview

SuperDuper!4 is the critically acclaimed, long-trusted disk copying and backup program built specifically for macOS. Designed to make data protection effortless, SuperDuper! creates exact, bootable clones of your Mac's storage drive. If your primary system drive fails, or an OS update goes sideways, you don't have to spend hours reinstalling software—simply boot up directly from your SuperDuper! clone and resume working immediately as if nothing happened.

Unlike basic file-copy utilities, SuperDuper! excels at handling complex system-level files, metadata, and permissions. Featuring its signature Smart Update capability, it analyzes your target drive and copies only the files that have changed or been added since your last backup, completing routine maintenance in just a fraction of the time.

With version 4, SuperDuper! fully supports modern macOS storage architecture, making it an indispensable safety net for creative professionals, developers, and everyday Mac users who cannot afford downtime.

Key Features
  • Bootable Backup Copies: Create an exact, bootable replica of your startup drive for seamless, instant recovery from hardware or system failures.
  • Smart Update Technology: Save time and drive wear by evaluating changes and updating only the files that have been added, modified, or deleted.
  • Sandbox & Test Drives: Safely test software updates or risky macOS updates on a cloned drive before applying changes to your primary system.
  • Automated Scheduling: Set flexible, automated backup schedules that run quietly in the background without interrupting your workflow.
  • Simple, Safe Interface: A clear, natural-language interface guides you through backup operations, minimizing the risk of accidental overwrites.
  • Advanced Scripting: Customize backup jobs with pre- and post-copy scripts, volume eject options, and system shutdowns.
  • Universal Native Support: Optimized to run natively on both Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4/M5) and Intel-based Macs.

What's new in version 4.0.1

Fixes
  • "Copy when the drive is connected" now works more than once. If you plugged in a backup drive and the copy started, then plugged it in again the next day and nothing happened, this was why. SuperDuper! was recognizing the first connection and then quietly deciding every one after that wasn't new. I didn't catch this one because I was doing development builds that kept restarting the server (which made it work again). Sorry about that.
  • Reconnecting a drive right after a copy now starts another one. Unplug it and plug it straight back in, and nothing would happen for about five minutes—we were treating a deliberate reconnect the same as a drive flickering off and on by itself.
  • Stale drive passwords caused unlock problems. If you had an old password reference in the keychain along with the right one, we wouldn't always find it, and could keep prompting for permissions, too.
  • 24-hour time is respected. If System Settings is set to 24-hour time, some times were still showing AM/PM.
Improvements
  • A drive that takes a moment to wake up is no longer misread. Some drives report themselves for duty before putting on their pants, so to speak. SuperDuper! now gives them a bit longer to finish rather than making a decision on half the picture.
  • Clearer answer when a volume is gone. If the right drive is connected but the volume you picked isn't on it any more—erased, renamed, or removed—SuperDuper! used to say the drive wasn't connected, which sent you looking for a cable problem you didn't have. It now tells you the volume is missing and offers to let you pick another.

SuperDuper! 4 for Mac

$55.00
In English
Version 4.0.1
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