Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.apps:5118 comp.sys.mac.wanted:3276 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!dftsrv!heawk1!hoepfner From: hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.wanted Subject: Re: Backup Utility for the MacIntosh? Keywords: backup, utility, MacIntosh Message-ID: Date: 8 Apr 91 15:59:41 GMT References: <1991Apr5.132148.1549@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1991Apr8.084430.7768@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Distribution: usa Lines: 29 mfader@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Fader) writes: >In article <1991Apr5.132148.1549@hubcap.clemson.edu> wbridgm@hubcap.clemson.edu (William T. Bridgman) writes: >> >>Does anyone know of a backup (and restore) utility for the Mac >>that is better than HD Backup that comes with the system. >> >> [ ... deleted stuff ... ] >I don't think you'll find anything too good in PD or shareware. From what I've >heard and read, Fastback II is the reigning champ (commercial). With Retrospect the best at writing to different kinds of drives. Whether they show up on the desktop or not. If you want to write to Exobyte, DAT, or some other kind oe tape drives (standard tapes or not) Retrospect has a boat load of devices that it will write to. Remember this is my opinion... Anyone that is interrested in backup software should try it out at your local dealer/egghead/etc to see if they like the way it works. There is no standard way to do backups and each developer goes about it a different way. Just remember if you can't figure out how it works, there is always another vender out there willing to take that money from your hot little hands... -- +--------------------------+---------------------------------------+ / Patrick Hoepfner | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center \ / America Online: PatrickH9 | Internet: hoepfner@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov \ +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+