superduper ☆

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Description:
Backup, recovery and cloning software

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 3.11,136@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @shirtpocket | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: backup cloning macos recovery utility

Install: brew install --cask superduper

About:
SuperDuper! is a robust backup, recovery, and disk cloning utility for macOS. Its primary value is its 'Smart Update' feature, which efficiently synchronizes a source volume to a destination, copying only changed files to save time and space. This makes it an essential tool for maintaining a bootable duplicate of your system for disaster recovery.

Key Features:

Incremental 'Smart Update' for fast, efficient backups
Creates fully bootable clones for disaster recovery
Scheduled, unattended backup capabilities
Scriptable for advanced automation workflows
Restores individual files or entire systems

Use Cases:

Creating a bootable backup of a Mac's startup disk
Performing incremental updates to an existing backup
Migrating data from an old drive to a new one
Restoring a system to a previous state after a failure

Alternatives:

Carbon Copy Cloner – A direct competitor offering similar bootable clone functionality with a different UI and scheduling engine.
rsync – A powerful command-line utility that provides the underlying engine for many backup tools but lacks a native GUI.
Time Machine – Apple's built-in solution for versioned backups, but it does not create bootable clones by default.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 1:04pm	3.10.0,135	0	VERSION_BUMP	a33459ce