I prefer CCC, as it's free and I've heard it works better and is
sometimes more relyable than super duper.
On 20/06/2011 01:37, Christopher Peppel wrote:
I have not tried CarboncopyCloner, but SuperDuper is completely
accessible. I use it all the time with great results.
Chris
On Jun 19, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Dan wrote:
Hello Esther,
Between Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper, which one provides the best
VO interface for a totally blind person?
TIA!
Dan
On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi,
Ezzie, here's yet another suggestion: it's possible that you have a
bad sector on your hard drive that prevents your Mac from completing
the boot up. If so, it's still possible to boot your Mac from an
alternate drive, and also access your original disk (any parts that
are not damaged), if you've created bootable clones with either
Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! as part of your backup strategy.
To boot from a backup that's been created as a bootable clone,
connect the drive, then hold down the Option key while you turn on
your computer to start booting. Once the boot process initiates, you
press the right (or left) arrow key and then press the return key to
indicate that you want to switch your boot drive from the
default. VoiceOver won't speak until your system boots up (from your
cloned drive), but once it does, you can log in and take a look at
your current hard drive and access or copy files.
I keep a bootable clone of my system's hard drive for emergency
recovery purposes. Generally, I'll make one of these as a backup
action before major system upgrades, so I have a complete, working
image of my system before the upgrade. This type of backup is
different from Time Machine backups, which are more suited to
retrieving individual files you were working on a few weeks ago that
might have been deleted. Bootable clones of hard drives are useful
in the case of sudden, catastrophic failures, but they take more
time to make, so you don't create them as frequently. The two
popular sources are:
• Bombich Software (for Carbon Copy Cloner, donationware, suggested
$15, free to educational users)
http://www.bombich.com/
• Shirt Pocket (for SuperDuper! $27.95, but free trial download
supports full cloning feature)
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ <http://www.shirt-pocket.com/>
Both sources of software provide good results, but new users may
feel more comfortable with SuperDuper! whose documentation goes into
more details about how backups work.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Jun 19, 2011, at 07:11, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
If you have one of the newer laptops where the battery is not
removable, do the following:
1. Make sure the unit is turned off.
2. Plug in your power adapter to the computer and the wall socket.
3. Hold down the left-side shift, control and option keys at the
same time as you hold down the power button.
4. Release all keys/power button simultaneously.
5. Wait a few seconds then press the power button and see if it
turns on.
This process is a last resort and should only be done after you've
tried a number of things. I assuming that due to the fact that
your Mac will not power up, the other things are not available to
you. What this process does is reset the System Management
Controller (SMC) which controls battery management, power button
control and a number of other things which can sometimes, in rare
occasions get confused. If this process does not fix your issue,
you'll need to send your unit in for service. Also, if you have a
desktop unit instead of a laptop, there is a different process that
will have to be applied.
Later...
On 2011-06-18, at 6:06 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote:
What I've had to do on several occasions is to disconnect all
cables from the Mac, turn it upside down, remove the battery [it
it's a MacBook Pro or other type of Mac Laptop, hold the battery
in my hands for a count of 20 seconds, reinsert the battetery,
turn the power on, holding the power button down for another count
of 20 seconds, then release the power button; and, usually, the
Mac reboots and behaves normally, again, Let ne know if this trick
works? And Apple Tech taught this to me.
Sometimes, I have this happen when I have open too many windows,
Time Machine running, running Photoshop elements, MS word,
TextEdit and a host of other programmes such as iPhoto, several
audio and video internet connections on as well as gmail, Preview,
etc. You get the picture. Good Luck!
JG
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Doug Lawlor
<doug.law...@gmail.com <mailto:doug.law...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I think you may have to give someone a call at Apple Support
to see what they have to say.
Doug
Sent from my iPhone
On 2011-06-18, at 7:39 PM, Ezzie Buenito <ezzybu...@gmail.com
<mailto:ezzybu...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> Thank you for all of your suggestions. The problem is that
the Mac will NOT boot up at all.
>
> Ezzie
>
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