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Best OSX backup solutions
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I've been using Backup 3 (and 2 before) for a while, but I am frequently starting over with fresh backups because the incremental backups grow so quickly. Are there other backup solutions that people prefer?
I need to backup two users on my desktop and one user on my portable. I am currently backing up once/week for each of these to an external hard drive. I backup up really important things to my .mac account and I backup my photos and music to DVD every few months.
I've heard of CCC and SuperDuper, but that seems like such an odd way to backup. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned and was raised on the incremental approach to backup.
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Both of those do incremental. SuperDuper won a recent backup software shootout, for what it's worth.
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Synk is a nice little backup utility. I actually don't use it anymore, because I've found that incremental backups and the like aren't really useful for my purposes (my data doesn't change very much), but Synk is very flexible and can accomodate all sorts of rules and archiving strategies. And it's shareware--free for 30 days, then $20 for a personal license, or any non-zero $ amount if you are a college student, faculty, or staff.
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Powerbook G4 1.5 ghz, 1gb ram, 64 VRAM----5G Ipod and a Shuffle
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Originally Posted by Mithras
Both of those do incremental. SuperDuper won a recent backup software shootout, for what it's worth.
By "incremental," I think he means the ability to store several previous backup states, and roll back to whatever level you want. SuperDuper and CC (AFAIK) don't do this.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
By "incremental," I think he means the ability to store several previous backup states, and roll back to whatever level you want. SuperDuper and CC (AFAIK) don't do this.
Retrospect is what you need. Don't be put off by its rather complicated interface and dauntingly large manual. Once you get your head around the principles on which it operates, you'll soon find your way around its astonishingly comprehensive capabilities.
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