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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	8.1.622
Release Date:	2009-10-09
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	1,242
Downloads (all versions):	190,780
Price:	$129.00

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Product Description:

Designed to protect Mac OS X systems with absolute accuracy and reliability, Dantz Retrospect Backup properly backs up and restores all Mac OS X files and information, including both the data and resource forks of multi-part files, HFS+ metadata, UNIX-style permissions and group ownership, and hard-linked files. Automatic scheduling ensures that backups run even when no Mac OS X user is logged in, and Retrospect client software allows entire networks of Macs to be backed up and restored across the LAN. Dantz Retrospect Backup v5.0 supports more storage devices than any other backup software available for the Mac OS. Hard disk drives, Apple CD-RW drives, CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drives, SuperDrives and other writable and rewritable DVD drives, tape drives and libraries, and removable cartridge drives are all supported.

What's new in this version:

FIXES:

Added language support for Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese
Now supports Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
New Mac client installer
21465: Rebuild: Need a prompt for 'Are there any more members in this Media Set?'
21506: Script schedules and schedule modifications disappear while an activity is running.
21548: Snow Leopard: Scripts: No options displaying
22189: Remove option "Force backup of MS Outlook data"
22768: DE: Storage Devices > tape eject script not localized
22862: Sparkle: enable localized readmes
23069: 8.1 engine crashing at random during backup
23091: UI Refresh prevents editing and managing backup
23092: Trouble restoring to Xsan volume
23124: Red X: try to Recycle a disk media set when in use
23160: Restore Assistant: Preview for Files and Folders doesn't select anything
23175: Open File Backup fails to timout
23182: Tape Backup Set Member attribute not being set
23197: Sources UI: Scope bar in Souces not remembered after exiting console
23213: Snow Leopard: Storage Device window goes blank
23215: Need to handle compressed files in Snow Leopard for restore
23241: Catalog compression Not remembered after re-catalog on disk sets
23254: License: Single server code displays with n/a
23299: DE: message 'erase the entire source before restoring' needs more room
23306: FR: client status text cut off / not localized
23314: Log: corrupt message displays continuously until action taken
23317: Scheduling proactive source not updated Until console reopened
23318: Assert at module.cpp-852
23319: FR: text cut off on 'Back up to which Media Set?'
23326: Console closed with Segmentation Fault on Klingon
23327: FR Readme in help menu should be "Lisez-moi"
23330: Client subvolume with Unicode: Can not display correctly
23335: Console should verify the engine is the same version
23337: Can not add shared volume whose name contains unicode
23338: Last Backup Date isn't updated when backup Mac client
23356: Restore Assistant: cancel 'Accessing backup' - Backup unavailable displays
23357: Backup/Copy Assistant: Preview 2nd time loses manual selection
23359: Rules: User Files and Settings not working with XP clients
23365: Mac Client with high-bit characters incorrectly displayed in multicast list
23367: schedules shows in activities even backup has its destination removed
23373: Crash happens in Extg::ProXMod()
23376: Client backup does NOT display status information
23390: tmonitor_unix.cpp-110 Assert during backup
23403: Exabyte Firewire library: Assertion failure at "tstring.cpp-2083"
23411: Add recognition for Quantum Scalar i40-i80 library
23413: Add recognition for HP DAT320 tape drive
23415: Add recognition for NEC T40A2 library
23417: Mac Client: No Password - message not displaying
23436: Restore to locked folder is failing with a permissions error only from tape
23447: bad_access_error engine crash during localized client backup (originally found backing up a folder with Chinese characters)
23475: RCU: unable to update Mac client with rcu - 10.6 server

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Just awful - Version: 8.1.622, 11/2/2009 11:07AM PST

A-Dog

This software is awful. Haven't been able to get a single backup since I installed it, as it always locks up when loading a tape. The Retrospect Engine then hogs the cpu at over 90% and when you try and force quit the engine, the whole server locks up. This was installed on a brand new fresh installation of Leopard server, so I know the system is fine. POS software.

Reverting back to Retrospect 6.1 allows for complete backups. Imagine that.

Gave up! - Version: 8.1.622, 10/29/2009 12:07PM PST

tmccain

I finally gave up Retrospect earlier this year, I was a user since Dantz Retrospect 2. Version 2 through 5 were pretty good option for mac users back in the 80's and 90's, not anymore in my opinion. I switched to Bru Server and life is good.

Retrospect: Stay Away - Version: 8.1.622, 10/18/2009 11:26AM PST

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bpollock

I really is as bad as they say. I've been trying to back up a MacBook Pro connected via Ethernet to my desktop machine. The process hangs at some point during the backup and you are greeted with the spinning pizza of death. Do you want this aggravation? Are you a masochist? Do you have sins for which you wish to atone?

There are better options out there. Send these people a message.

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