[G4] Dantz Retrospect

[Alex]

On Monday, Jan 19, 2004, at 22:42 Canada/Eastern, Anne Keller-Smith 
wrote:

> I'm reading the manual for this backup software and finding it cryptic.

I don't see anything particularly cryptic about it.

> All I want to do is make monthly backups of my whole hard drive [...]

All I want to do is drive to the supermarket and get the groceries. 
Can't do it without learning to drive...

> I'm finding no simple directions in
> the manual.

See Quick Start (p. 20 -- but my manual is for v5.0, so the pages may 
not match).

> The terminology is hard for me, in terms of what
> is a "backup set," what "restore" really means, [...]

See Appendix C - Glossary of Terms (p. 279) "restore - An operation 
which copies files from a backup set to a volume". I don't see anything 
cryptic here.

> If anyone has recently slayed this dragon, please send some
> encouragement my way.

No dragons in evidence. Retrospect is a powerful and flexible tool, 
with a track record better than most. It's a good investment -- make 
the most of it.

f