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Copying compressed files under Snow Leopard
#4862 10/10/09 02:54 PM
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There is a blog posting by the developer of Super Duper! that has some interesting details about what happens to compressed files when they are copied by Snow Leopard using different copying engines:

Individual file compression under Snow Leopard is not maintained on the backup


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MicroMatTech3 #4938 10/13/09 04:29 PM
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This issue has been fixed with the SuperDuper 2.6.2 Update.


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MicroMatTech3 #4939 10/13/09 04:58 PM
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Very interesting and Shirt Pocket Software is to be commended for discovering and, as JChusi pointed out, correcting in the SuperDuper 2.6.2 update.

However, what happens with Carbon Copy Cloner, Time Machine, Silverkeeper, et. al. — even drag and drop copies of compressed files remains an open question. confused I wonder too about disk space allocation when compressed files are copied to the iDisk. confused With a 50th anniversary party staring me in the face this Friday, it is safe to say my wife is not going to allow me time to experiment with this, but hopefully someone else will have sufficient intellectual curiosity and time to test using other copy methods.

I look forward to seeing the results of such testing.


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joemikeb #4940 10/13/09 05:15 PM
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Happy 50th, Joe. Please extend my best wishes to the missus. smile

Some marriages don't last 50 minutes, let alone 50 years. (My 42nd will be in January).


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joemikeb #4955 10/14/09 01:04 AM
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Happy birthday, Joe! My best wishes for another 50!


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macnerd10 #4969 10/14/09 07:47 AM
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> Happy birthday, Joe! My best wishes for another 50!

That's anniversary, Alex.

Last edited by cyn; 10/14/09 02:08 PM. Reason: Extraneous comment removed.

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joemikeb #4970 10/14/09 07:50 AM
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Wow...quite a milestone!

Congrats, both from me and on behalf of all who haven't seen your post.


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artie505 #4983 10/14/09 06:52 PM
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Thanks, Artie! I really got confused; just thought our Joe is a young guy; in fact he is! Could not even think of a gold anniversary... blush
Joe, sorry for the confusion and happy, happy anniversary!
I only had a 20th this year...


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MicroMatTech3 #5005 10/14/09 11:41 PM
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You might find some of John Siracusa's discussion of compression under Snow Leopard to be of interest (scroll down to Installation footprint).



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