Comments on: Leopard will probably kill Retrospect http://www.leftcolumn.net/2007/10/20/leopard-will-probably-kill-retrospect/ Covering Mac OS X, Mac Software, and other stuff Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.leftcolumn.net/2007/10/20/leopard-will-probably-kill-retrospect/comment-page-1/#comment-11 admin Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:49:32 +0000 http://www.leftcolumn.net/2007/10/20/leopard-will-probably-kill-retrospect/#comment-11 Yes, and the retrospect site at emcinsignia.com is just as anti-intuitive, so finding support information or even version updates is time-consuming. But Retrospect was up until very recently the best option for Mac backup as far as I can tell, especially on a Network. If Apple could ship an enhanced version of Time Machine that would handle multiple external Time Machine backups (so you could take one offsite at a time) then I'd go for that. I'm now thinking I'll use Time Machine for local backups, Flash Drive for dailies, and another external drive for weekly snapshots to go offsite... Yes, and the retrospect site at emcinsignia.com is just as anti-intuitive, so finding support information or even version updates is time-consuming. But Retrospect was up until very recently the best option for Mac backup as far as I can tell, especially on a Network. If Apple could ship an enhanced version of Time Machine that would handle multiple external Time Machine backups (so you could take one offsite at a time) then I’d go for that.

I’m now thinking I’ll use Time Machine for local backups, Flash Drive for dailies, and another external drive for weekly snapshots to go offsite…

]]> By: leftX http://www.leftcolumn.net/2007/10/20/leopard-will-probably-kill-retrospect/comment-page-1/#comment-10 leftX Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:56:16 +0000 http://www.leftcolumn.net/2007/10/20/leopard-will-probably-kill-retrospect/#comment-10 It would be great if we could have a brand new Retrospect version: - Truly Mac-like interface. The current interface is anti-intuitive and awkward. - Native for Mactel. It would be great if we could have a brand new Retrospect version:

- Truly Mac-like interface. The current interface is anti-intuitive and awkward.
- Native for Mactel.

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