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From: pool@milton.u.washington.edu (Jonathan Pool)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: MacTools Deluxe Backup fixed, but CAUTION!
Message-ID: <6557@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 21 Aug 90 03:23:50 GMT
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Central Point Software telephoned me today to say that it has now
improved the Backup program of MacTools Deluxe in two wonderful ways.
(1) It is now possible to save folder selections for future use, so
the entire contents of each selected folder is backed up, not just
the files that were in the folder when it was originally selected.
(2) If during a backup you happen to insert a defective disk, or if
while the program is writing to a disk it encounters a disk error,
the program no longer aborts the entire backup job.  Instead, it
lets you continue the job starting with the file that was being
backed up when the error occurred, using the next disk.

Central Point said it would send me a copy of the improved version
for testing.  If this turns out to be true, then much to my amazement
Central Point may have leapfrogged over Microsoft in the complaint-to-
upgrade-turnaround-time race.