Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!daemon From: henders@watserv1.UWaterloo.ca (Paul Henderson) Subject: Re: incremental disk mirroring/backup software wanted Message-ID: <1991Mar26.161712.5684@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Sender: daemon@watserv1.waterloo.edu Organization: University of Waterloo References: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1991 16:17:12 GMT Lines: 23 In article jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) writes: >As backups, I want to keep SyQuest cartridges as exact images of my >main hard disk (ie, periodically mirrored disks). >[stuff deleted] >I want a program that incrementally updates the backup disk, making it >a mirror of the main disk. >[more stuff deleted] >A plus would be the ability to also work with floppy disks in an >intelligent way. Ie, I copy files onto the floppy, go on the road, >change the files, bring them back, and the program can incrementally >copy back to my main disk any files that have changed. > >Are there any programs like this around? Cost, within reason, is not >an issue. > DiskFit from SuperMac Technology, 485 Potrero Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, phone (408)245-0646 does nearly everything you want. I use it regularly, and like it a lot. It does not support automatically copying back to the main disk. After all, you might have had to restore an application from an installation disk, and you wouldn't want a newer but unwanted version making its way back from the backup. Cost is reasonable, I think (I had it purchased for me by my department, so I don't know the actual cost.)