SuperDuper Rebuilt for the Modern Era 0 ▲ 512 Pixels 1 hour ago · Tech · hide · 0 comments SuperDuper has been an incredible tool for backing up your Mac for a long time, but like most apps that last 22 years, things change. Developer David Nanian has launched a new version that is ready for the next 22 years. He writes: Back in 2007, I designed what was intended to be SuperDuper v3.0. It was a rewrite that greatly expanded its capabilities while retaining its essence. But, in those days, it just wasn’t possible for us to implement those grand plans. The new UI was much more complex, the logic more elaborate, and the systems we had then didn’t support the things needed to make it a reality without a lot of complex coding we didn’t have time for. On top of that, macOS itself was a moving target (and still is!): adding and deprecating features; completely changing the file system; locking down the OS; supporting not just one change in CPU, but three. With a tool so tied to how the system operated at a low level, it was a lot of work just keeping up with what Apple was doing.… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.