Retrospect Express vs. Backup

[Charles Martin]

> From: Brian Olesky <brian4 at sbcglobal.net>
>
> My spiffy new 120 gig external HD is currently crawling toward my 
> house on
> some delivery truck as I write this. So, to prepare for the luxury of 
> never
> having to sit down and burn 10 CD's a month to back up my data ever 
> again,
> I'm wondering...
>
> Can I just use Backup, which I already have as a .mac member, to make 
> a full
> copy of everything, and then update the things I've changed every few 
> days?
>
> Or is Retrospect Express worth the extra 50 bucks or so because it does
> something better?

To the best of my knowledge, Backup does not (yet) back up to anything 
OTHER than:
1. A .Mac iDisk (very useful for offsite storage of sensitive data -- 
up to 1GB of space is available!)
2. CD or DVD format

But for backups to hard drives, I have two suggestions: my friends at 
Econ Technologies (http://www.econtechnologies.com) make a great tool 
called ChronoSync that does what you are looking for beautifully, with 
many more options than Retrospect offers, for only $20. There is a free 
demo available.

There is also Carbon Copy Cloner, which excels at making complete 
BOOTABLE backups of your hard drive. Remember to send Mike his $5 or 
whatever it is he asks -- he's a real asset to the Mac community!

_Chas_

Q: How many Microsoft programmers does it take to write a great piece 
of software?

A: More!