[X4U] Looking for software that can do incremental backups...

[Randy B.Singer]

Robert Nicholson said:

>Something like Retrospect but written in Cocoa and it should actually  
>work and performance should not suck.


Have a look at:

Take Control of Mac OS X Backups
by Joe Kissell

PDF format, 138 pages, 860K download
Price: US$10 (Free 34-page sample available)

http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/backup-macosx.html

There are a huge number of backup programs for OS X, and they are all 
quite different from each other.  If you need a program that will span a 
backup to multiple removable media (such as CD's or DVD's) then only a 
couple of choices will do that.  

When you say that you want "incremental backups" do you mean that you 
want a program that will do archival backup (that is, all past versions 
of documents are saved), or that you want old versions of files in your 
backup automatically deleted and replaced with newer versions?

Do you need to have a bootable backup?  Do you want your backup to be a 
clone of your primary drive, or do you just want to backup files?

Joe Kissell's e-book can help you decide on which program is best for 
you.  I have a huge list of backup programs for OS X, if you would like 
to see it.



Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html