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From: ngg@bridge2.3Com.Com (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DiskFit VS Redux: My DEFINITE conclusion
Summary: Overlooking Simple Idea
	 Finder must be REAL SLOW!!
Keywords: diskfit redux backup
Message-ID: <130@bridge2.3Com.Com>
Date: 18 Oct 88 23:28:46 GMT
Organization: 3Com Corp., Mt. View, CA
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In article <1988Oct13.185904.94@mntgfx.mentor.com>, bruceh@mntgfx.mentor.com (Bruce Holm) writes:
> Yes, this is a nice feature. But what about large files bigger than a floppy,
> such as PageMaker 3.0?
> 
> What a pain! My 40Meg HD has maybe 50+ folders on the top level.  I would not 
> enjoy renaming all those I wished to omit from the backup list...putting [] 
> around each name.  If its one or two folders, fine.  But if I want to backup 
> only a few folders (a dozen, let's say), then forget it.  No thanks, I'll 
> stick with Redux's method of just clicking the mouse on a checkbox beside the 
> file or folder name...much quicker!...(not to mention more versitile.)  It
>allows you to start from either a non checked starting point or an all checked 
> starting point (then unchecking).
> --Bruce
> 
Bruce, it sounds like you are creating your own pain...50+ folders on the
Root? You have to be kidding.. Returns to the Finder must be the excuse you
use to get a cup of coffee or something, either that you avoid the Finder
like a plague...with that many folders on the desktop, it sure slows things
down. 

As far as trying to bracket some of the folders you don't want to have Diskfit
backup, there is a simple workaround if you really want to simplify things
instead of making all those checks in Redux is create a folder with brackets
around it, and marquee to select groups of Folders and move them into the
brackets and backup with Exclude Folder selected. When done, replace the
folders back with perhaps the putaway command....easy..perhaps faster
than the speeding checkbox...



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Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862
3Com Corp.				Co-Sysop FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
Enterprise Systems Division