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Apple Backup - 3.1.2

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All Time:	(3.1)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	3.1.2
Release Date:	2007-10-26
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	9,231
Downloads (all versions):	77,289

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Product Description:

Backup makes backing up copies of your important files simple and fast. You can use Backup to back up files to your iDisk, or to recordable CD or DVD discs.

What's new in this version:

This update includes reliability improvements and improves compatibility with Leopard and iWork '08.

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
Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

MobileMe account

Editor's Notes:

To download, go to http://www.me.com/idisk, click Software, select your Mac OS X version, then click the filename to start the download.

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Uniformly disappointing - Version: 3.1, 3/5/2007 10:00PM PST

(2 of 5 users found this comment useful)

tacmac2

Every version we have used has failed in one way or another. Most recently, when I set up Source and Destination HDs and select what to back up, it garbles things badly, especially by refusing to back up to the external HD I have picked and switching to another HD. Worse, it saves to the wrong backup folder.
As with another reviewer, when I tried to recover, it was not effective.
I know that Apple is capable of superior software design, as with OS X, but the .Mac "benefits" package software has been second rate at best.

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Uniformly disappointing

Not great - Version: 3.1, 3/3/2007 08:31PM PST

(4 of 4 users found this comment useful)

thebroz

I have been so disappointed in this software.
It will backup my disk, but I've not been successful recovering some files I needed. Backup would crash every time. What good is a backup if you can't recover?

Note that this review is for the previous version. I'm going to try this new version to see if it's better.

Works great for me - Version: 3.1.1, 3/1/2007 05:13PM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

kayel

I like Backup because it is tidy and allows as much or as little customization as I like. It is easy to use and it works. I have restored from it successfully several times. I particularly like that it gives the option of choosing from several versions of any given file, based on the date. That way, in case I backup something that is not quite right, I still have an earlier version that I like to choose from instead. So I can't overwrite a good file with a bad one, just because it's newer.

I like it.