Apple's Backup Software

cnuco2007

Is it possible to pay for Apple's Backup Software? I know you can get it w/ a subscription to .Mac but i find that service a waste of money. You only get 1Gb of space to cover email, backups, etc. I have 10Gb of backup (pics, music, videos, etc) I know you can buy more space but i mean come on, thats a yearly fee. I took my $100 and bought a WD Passport 80Gb external drive and now I have about 80Gb of space that i can keep forever. Plus i already have an email acct w/ over twice as much space (2.6G) and it was free! (Gmail)



Bascially I just really liked the Backup Utility but don't want to pay $100 per yr because I don't think the rest of the service is worth the money. Is there Any way to purchase this program? If not i'll just have to go w/ a diff program but i thought it was worth the try.



thx

kingofsomewherehot

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Originally posted by CNUco2007

Is it possible to pay for Apple's Backup Software?

No.

cnuco2007

well that sux. in that case, is there any specific backup software you guyz would recommend? I'm looking for something i can set up auto backups w/. thx for ur help.

jwink3101

I do not know any off the top of my head but there are so many other apps that can do the same stuff that apple's backup does. i wouldn't sweat it for the apple stuff. Just check out www.versiontracker.com and look for some better stuff.

xool

Um, why don't you go buy Retrospect or something.



Also, Apple's Backup app can backup to DVD or an HD, so you're not limited to iDisk space.

cnuco2007

thats true. I want their backup program to backup to my HDD. I've been thinking and i may just get the service because after reading up on it some more, i do like the idea up uploading a file to idisk and accessing it newhere i have a browser. Its just that those two features (backup software and idisk) are the only two features i would really use and i need to decide if they are worth $100 per yr... hmmm.



I may just look into these other backup utilities and carry my 1Gb jump drive haha. thx for the help though

zo

i started using Apple's Backup for auto backups... and WOW... it created an 11GB incremental backup file!!!! I'm SURE I didnt download or change that much data in a week!!!



Whats the story with these incremntal updates??? 2 more and I'm out of space!!!



Any reccomendations for a better auto update/backup solution?

telomar

You can just tell it to do a full backup. Mind you if you want snapshots over time this isn't as helpful. I can't say incremental backups have been out of line with my changes though.



I've long thought it stupid that Apple didn't include Backup with OS X or at least iLife.

cake

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Originally posted by CNUco2007

...is there any specific backup software you guyz would recommend?

SuperDuper!



I use Backup and .Mac, but a lot of people really like SuperDuper! as an alternative.

cnuco2007

I'm now using Lacie SilverKeeper and so far i like it. I just told it was to backup, where to put it and when to do it. Now it will keep up to 2 backups (thats what i set it to) and i can also do incremental backups. Pretty good free program. I'm backing up about 8Gb right now, so thats not too bad.



oh and btw, this new External hard drive i got (WD 80Gb Passport) is great. Seems pretty quick too.



newayz thx for everyones help.

jon-e-orange

I loved Apple's backup utility when I was a .mac member (I couldn't justify paying so much for so little).



I really feel that Apple should include backup as part of the OS with the .Mac integration being a bonus.



I currently used iBackup, which is a fairly good replacement.