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post #1 of 5
12/21/01 at 12:41am
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I'm curious if anyone has good backup scheme under Mac OS X... I'd like to use Retrospect out to my tape drive, but the option doesn't yet exist.

Mac OS X can't really be considered a full fledge operating system without reliable and easy backup support (although OSX wonderful in every other respect).

Anyone able to get tar working over firewire to a tape drive (of any type)? Anyone had any luck with any other *nix tools (rsync, cpio?). I use rsync to back up a RedHat server to my Mac, but don't want to go the other direction.

Anyone use any good OS X utilities which will work with a tape drive?

Everyday that goes by under OS X without a back up makes me more and more nervous.

Thanks!
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post #2 of 5
12/21/01 at 4:54am
Agreed.
But while waiting for Apple to provide the API hooks Retrospect had been asking for, try this site for another way.
<a href="http://www.bombich.com/mactips/backitup" target="_blank">http://www.bombich.com/mactips/backitup</a>

At least it's an alternative.
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post #3 of 5
12/21/01 at 12:26pm
I use Tri-Backup. It works great and now it makes bootable disks.
iPad2 16 GB Wifi

Who is worse? A TROLL or a person that feeds & quotes a TROLL? You're both idiots.....
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iPad2 16 GB Wifi

Who is worse? A TROLL or a person that feeds & quotes a TROLL? You're both idiots.....
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post #4 of 5
12/22/01 at 2:47pm
[quote]Originally posted by kcmac:
<strong>I use Tri-Backup. It works great and now it makes bootable disks.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Hey, great tip, didn't know that one! Thx.
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post #5 of 5
12/29/01 at 3:53pm
You might also look into Folders Synchronizer, which synchs entire disks as well as folders. Has lots of features, used it for a while to sync my lombard and beige g3.

$30 last time I looked.
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