Retrospect - 8.1.622

I can only say reading the negative comments that I think Dantz is aware that for the average user free and simple clone programs like CCC or SuperDuper are going to win that part of the market and have gone ahead and developed a powerful and feature rich program targeted for the power users that are willing to invest the time and energy to master this excellent program. I have been a Dantz partner for over ten years and use it for both Macs and PC and for my money there is nothing that comes even close to the Mac or PC version of Retrospect.
I will concede that there is a steep learning curve for the first timer and even experienced users like myself will need to invest some time learning to navigate the new format and language changes in the new version. However if one merely looks on their web site there are a wide assortment of QuickTime movies on most aspects of the program and step by step demos one can follow to get started.
The biggest change I see is they are using one central application window from which one can do multiple tasks on multiple computers at the same time never leaving that window unlike past versions. I would also comment that this is similar to the changes incorporated into another excellent product Acronis True Image pro, taking some liberty with language I would best describe it as a server-client arrangement where each computer is just a node on the network and you are free to address any node for any operation from the central location. So all I can say is unlike others I am very impressed and pleased with this long overdue upgrade that finally utilizes the full potential of Snow Leopard. I am currently achieving speeds of 2.6GB/min on my backups to another internal HD on a early 2008 MacPro.

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.