[tvfollower]

I am currently using Windows (soon to be a switcher), but I have a problem. There's a piece of software I really can't live without...it's called GoBack. Basically, if I download some spyware, I don't start searching for ways to remove it. I just revert my hard drive to 5 minutes before, and then after the reversion process I specify which files removed by the reversion (such as AIM logs from 1 minute ago) I want to keep. It then restores the files I select to their old spots on the hard drive, while everything else (such as the spyware) vanishes magically into...well...nothing. I also revert my hard drive after downloading an application that doesn't have an uninstall feature, downloading a virus (I still run VirusScan afterwords, of course, because who knows if the viruses are capable of jumping over the reversion boundary...nevermind if you don't understand what I just said), etc.

I swear, I use this thing at least twice a day, and I don't know how I'll live without it. It makes my life easier, because I never have to worry about side effects...I just do what I want, and if something bad happens, I go back to the way it was a minute earlier...

Is there anything remotely similar to GoBack for OS X? I'm desparate!

[manofsteel300]

dude you have more posts than me!!

[tvfollower]

Ahah, and I don't even have a Mac!

[spitty27]

macs dont get spyware.

[King Bob On The Cob]

I don't know where you'd get it anymore... but It's called Rewind

[Judge_Fire]

Originally posted by King Bob On The Cob:
I don't know where you'd get it anymore... but It's called Rewind

... but was made only for OS 9, by PowerOn Software.

Similar products don't seem to be available, which might be a good sign

You can copy your system periodically to another disk with Carbon Copy Cloner, but that's not as elegant as GoBack.

J

[headbirth]

Doesn't Journaling do this?

[C.J. Moof]

What a sad commentary on the OS when running un-screwing-up software twice a day makes one's life easier.

Here's the thing: it's exceptionally unlikely you'll get spyware inadvertantly installed on your new Mac. Same with virii. You'll be in a new world where you can just use the machine for it's intended purpose without having to worry that a half dozen ugly uninteneded consequences will come to make the experience miserable.

There isn't any such software for MacOS because it's not needed.

Welcome to Macintosh.

[tvfollower]

Originally posted by C.J. Moof:
What a sad commentary on the OS when running un-screwing-up software twice a day makes one's life easier.

Here's the thing: it's exceptionally unlikely you'll get spyware inadvertantly installed on your new Mac. Same with virii. You'll be in a new world where you can just use the machine for it's intended purpose without having to worry that a half dozen ugly uninteneded consequences will come to make the experience miserable.

There isn't any such software for MacOS because it's not needed.

Welcome to Macintosh.

Haha that works.

[Catfish_Man]

Originally posted by headbirth:
Doesn't Journaling do this?

no.

[maxintosh]

As previous posters said, I've *never* had spyware (although there are programs out to "watch" for it, like Little Snitch) and haven't had a virus since they still made black-and-white Macs... like SevenDust or something. (For some weird reason, I remember the SAM dialog box exactly: a picture of a grim reaper, a warning that a virus was found, and did I want to remove it... and it went "bee-oo-eee-ooo" when it came up.)

[Jim_MDP]

tv... this was sweet. You posted this just to make us feel good, didn't you. Thanks.

Ok, everything they said plus... not just 'Rewind' but I believe 'GoBack' as well tried to market to the Mac (I tried one, don't remember which, too long ago).

Why didn't these utilities catch on? No need. Really.

THX again for the OP.