SOFTWARE OF THE DAY - SUPERDUPER & SCRATCH

Hi All, Key Combination of the Day Command-Option Drag Icon(s) in the Finder Pressing -Option (Command-Option) and dragging one or more icons in the Finder (Desktop) creates aliases of the items. If you stop dragging (release the mouse/trackpad button) in the same location as the originals, the word "alias" is added to the names of the aliases. If you stop dragging in a new location, the aliases retain the same names as the originals. Shareware of the Day: SuperDuper - Heroic System Recovery for Mere Mortals. Have no fear. SuperDuper v2.1.4 is here! SuperDuper is the wildly acclaimed program that makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and SuperDuper's built-in scheduler makes it trivial to back up automatically. And it runs beautifully on both Intel and Power PC Macs! SuperDuper's interface confirms all your actions in simple, clear language to ensure that the end result is exactly what you intended. We all know that using the Macintosh is usually a trouble-free experience. Except when it's not. Like when: Your hard drive starts making that horrible clicking noise that signals an imminent meltdown A momentary lapse of coordination causes your PowerBook to take a dirt nap The system suddenly fails to boot Your most important day-to-day application isn't working with the system update you just applied The new driver you just updated is causing your Macintosh to crash That lousy software you just tried didn't come with an uninstaller, and scattered files all over your drive You need to restore a stable copy of your system, but don't want to lose what you've been working on You need to test new versions of the operating system with production data you can't afford to lose It happens to all of us, eventually. And recovering can be a painful, error-prone, time-wasting experience, if it's even possible at all. Until now. Flexibility Carbon copies. And a whole lot more. SuperDuper is the most advanced, yet easy to use disk copying program available for OS X. It can, of course, make a full backup, or "clone" — in moments, you can completely duplicate your boot drive to another drive, partition, or image file. In even less time, you can update an existing clone with the latest data: use Smart Update and, minutes later, your backup is completely up to date! Speed Faster than a speeding bullet – and more accurate! SuperDuper isn't just the most powerful cloner available: it's incredibly fast, too. Its Smart Update feature evaluates hundreds of thousands of files and directories in just minutes, automatically updating your clone to reflect any changes you've made on the original drive – including custom icons, HFS+ attributes, ownership changes... the works! Ease of use Expertise not required. SuperDuper comes preconfigured, ready to perform all the most common copying and cloning tasks. We've pored over the Apple documentation so you don't have to. Every step of the process carefully follows all Apple recommended policies and procedures. Whether you're making a full backup to a disk image, using Smart Update to update an existing backup, or making a complex clone to test a software update, the process couldn't be simpler: select the source drive, the destination and the appropriate script. Click Copy Now, and SuperDuper does the rest. Acclaim Doveryai no Proveryai. (It means "Trust but Verify".) Most companies would cherry-pick their feedback, and include selected quotes from happy customers. Sure, we could point you to our 4.5 5 star review from Macworld, or many other raves. We could even point you to our back-to-back 2005 and 2006 Eddy Awards! But we're not going to do that. Instead, we encourage you to ask some friends, and look for yourself! Experts Clones for experts. Regular backups aren't always the best way to recover for the risk takers out there who jump on every software update. Unless you take specific steps, fully restoring a backup restores everything on the drive, overwriting both the system and user files. If that's what you want to do, great. But it usually isn't, because everything you've done since the backup would be lost! With SuperDuper, though, you can easily "checkpoint" your system with a Sandbox, 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! Testers 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 which files get copied, ignored, even aliased ("soft linked" for the Unix inclined) from one drive to another! SuperDuper is perfect for software developers, software "seed" sites, QA testers, even system administrators: Developers and Seed Sites - Need to keep up to date with the most recent weekly build of a new operating system? Use the provided "Copy with Shared User Files and Applications" script, or create your own. A few clicks later and your clone is ready to upgrade, without unsafe downgrades, or unsupported "intermediate build" upgrades! QA Testers - Need to regress against a large number of operating system targets, or other types of fixed configurations? Simply save a series of images, and in minutes you can restore them and be ready to test. System Administrators - Need complete control over building a standard image for one, one hundred or one thousand systems? SuperDuper's Copy Scripts make it easy! Get cloned. Give SuperDuper a workout on your own system. Clone to your heart's content — for free. See what else is possible. When you're convinced that SuperDuper is a terrific solution — and a great value at $27.95 — you can register right from the application and start using its advanced features immediately! More info and download link here: <http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html> Freeware of the Day: Scratch - Imagine. Program. Share. Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design. Scratch is available free of charge from the Download page. To find more about the educational ideas underlying Scratch, visit our Educators page. To learn how to use Scratch, go to Support. To read about the people working on Scratch, see the Credits. To hear the latest Scratch news stories, visit News. More info and download link here: <http://scratch.mit.edu/about> Regards... Gordon