I have spent hours Googling and it seems that I can do a complete disk wipe and reinstall using a USB flash drive, but I cannot find a downloadable version of Mavericks anywhere. In neither of these processes was I ever prompted for an Apple ID. (Apple also explains the process here: but the instructions at seemed easier to follow). I also tried the cmd+opt+p+r thinking that user account info might be stored in NVRAM but that didn't seem to do the trick either (I know it's only supposed to be system settings like: time, locale, monitor res, etc. I have tried the cmd+r reboot and reinstalled OS X but the original user data is still there. I do not have the login info to the machine. So, I want to wipe all of the user data, essentially doing a 'factory reset'. I'd like to re-purpose it for my web designer to use here at my office, since she cannot easily run the Adobe suite on the Ubuntu machines we already have. If the Ext crashes so does BOTH Backups.Įxt HD are so cheap these days, all you really need is a small one to house a Bootable Clone of your HD to boot to IF needed. My personal thoughts and way to go, is to get a separate HD for SuperDuper, because having both backups on the same HD is really defeating the purpose of having a Backup in the first instance. If your not worried just have SD do what it has to do and then you will have a Ext HD with a exact clone of your Mac and then you can Boot from it too.ĮDIT : Step by Step instructions to Partition a Ext HDĮDIT 2 : After re-reading your last post i see you have a bit of info in the TimeMachine Backup, so its you either get another Ext HD for SD and Bootable, OR you restore the WHOLE TimeMachine Backup to your Mac, so your Mac has everything on it, THEN do the partition thing. If the Ext HD is big enough, and you want to keep a TimeMachine BU as well as a SuperDuper Bootable clone, AND if you haven't deleted anything off your Mac just yet, you could Partition the Ext HD then Start a ™ backup again on 1 Partition and SD Clone on the other. The Paid version gives you more options as in to unlock scheduling, Smart Update (which saves a lot of time), Sandboxes, scripting and more!

Once it has done its first Backup, i believe that it can then be set to copy just the newer files on your Macintosh HD but not delete anything.

SuperDuper on ANY first Backup will Erase which ever Ext HD that you are using then Backup, then make it a Bootable Backup/Clone. I own SD and has been years, so I'm presuming that is what it means. Normal Mode ? Im guessing is the Mode its in when you haven't bought and registered the copy of SD.

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