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Product Description:
DV Backup lets you use a digital camcorder (DV or Digital8, PAL or NTSC) to backup hard disk files. Capacity is up to 10GB per hour of tape, or 15GB if LP mode is used.
- backup, restore, verify with up to 11.5GB (SP) and 17.5GB (LP) capacity per hour of tape
- hard drive store to keep regularly-accessed backups conveniently available
- capability to seemlessly span backups over an unlimited number of multiple tapes
- ability to perform selective backups and restores (with "Direct Access" for restoring)
- ability to group regularly-used file/folder collections into named sets for convenience
- option of incremental and compressed backups
- built-in authorisation for supervisor privileges for backing up privileged files
- full table-of-contents listing for each tape including user comments
- unattended scheduled backups feature
- fully automatic control of the camera including all tape positioning
- user-configurable buffer size with underrun and overrun prevention
- 8 levels of error protection/recovery, from none through to full duplication
- file/folder archive during backup, de-archive during restore
- PAL, NTSC and SECAM MiniDV, Digital8 and DVCAM devices supported
- drag-and-drop functionality
What's new in this version:
- a problem with the dialog which appears when starting a backup using the compression option having no buttons has been fixed.
- a problem causing an application crash when using backup file sets has been fixed.
- under Leopard/MacOS 10.5, a problem existed whereby drawers attached to the backup selection panel would be left orphaned on the screen when the panel was dismissed. This was a problem in MacOS rather than DV Backup and attempts to work around it failed. The problem has now been fixed in the MacOS 10.5.3 update published by Apple.
- fix of a problem where verifying a backup initiated as a transfer from the hard disk backup store could result in the console log being flooded with logs.
- other enhancements and fixes.
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
- Mac OS X 10.3
- Mac OS X 10.2
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
- FireWire-equipped Mac
- Digital camcorder supporting DV-in and DV-out
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Response from the developer... - Version: 1.4.3, 8/25/2008 10:44AM PST
Coolatoola.com
Message from the developer of DV Backup:
In defence against the allegation that DV Backup is spyware, made by "ramcito" in a previous review, DV Backup is not spyware and never has been spyware. The product has no malicious use whatsoever.
The aforementioned reviewer also alleges that the developer ceased communication with him as a result of his review being published. This is also untrue. Furthermore the developer continued to offer support until it became apparent that the user was not acting in a bona fide manner.
The developer believes that the motives of this individual in making these allegations are entirely vexed, and so they should be ignored for this reason as well as for the fact that they are untrue.
Tim Hewett, Coolatoola.com
In defence against the allegation that DV Backup is spyware, made by "ramcito" in a previous review, DV Backup is not spyware and never has been spyware. The product has no malicious use whatsoever.
The aforementioned reviewer also alleges that the developer ceased communication with him as a result of his review being published. This is also untrue. Furthermore the developer continued to offer support until it became apparent that the user was not acting in a bona fide manner.
The developer believes that the motives of this individual in making these allegations are entirely vexed, and so they should be ignored for this reason as well as for the fact that they are untrue.
Tim Hewett, Coolatoola.com
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- Response from the developer... (3 replies)
DV Backup has the potential to be spyware. 
- Version: 1.4.2, 7/9/2008 06:23PM PST
(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)
ramcito
(To maintain the privacy of users, and abide by versiontracker submission guidelines, all third party emails and links have been obfuscated. I'd like to thank the editors at versiontracker with the help they provided in getting this review compliant with their guidelines).
Upon startup, this program downloads a file called "monitor.txt" from http://web.onetel.com/*******/monitor.txt. That file is now gone, but at the time of the original review being written the file contained the following entries:
w***@m***.com 0 -
d***@aol.com 1 -
r***@aol.com 0 -
b***@yahoo.com 0 -
f***@mac.com 0 -
m***@gmail.com 1 -
m***@c***.net 0 -
o***@m***.com 0 -
c***@a***.com.br 2 http://web.onetel.com/*****/find.sh
a***@tin.it 1 -
k***@h***.com 0 -
g***@triad.rr.com 0 -
b***@silly.com 0 -
s***@t***.com 0 -
What is interesting is that for certain users, the vendor can execute arbitrary scripts on their machines. For example, if we check the contents of find.sh as shown above, we see the following:
#! /bin/tcsh
find "/Volumes/MacOS 9.2.2" -name \*DVBackup\* -print > /dev/console
This script searches a users machine for the vendor's product. He could conceivably execute or install any type of software.
My final comment is about the interaction I've had with the developer. I have purchased a license of this software and to this day I cannot run the software in a licensed manner. Additionally, because of my desire to publish this review the vendor will no longer respond to emails.
Upon startup, this program downloads a file called "monitor.txt" from http://web.onetel.com/*******/monitor.txt. That file is now gone, but at the time of the original review being written the file contained the following entries:
w***@m***.com 0 -
d***@aol.com 1 -
r***@aol.com 0 -
b***@yahoo.com 0 -
f***@mac.com 0 -
m***@gmail.com 1 -
m***@c***.net 0 -
o***@m***.com 0 -
c***@a***.com.br 2 http://web.onetel.com/*****/find.sh
a***@tin.it 1 -
k***@h***.com 0 -
g***@triad.rr.com 0 -
b***@silly.com 0 -
s***@t***.com 0 -
What is interesting is that for certain users, the vendor can execute arbitrary scripts on their machines. For example, if we check the contents of find.sh as shown above, we see the following:
#! /bin/tcsh
find "/Volumes/MacOS 9.2.2" -name \*DVBackup\* -print > /dev/console
This script searches a users machine for the vendor's product. He could conceivably execute or install any type of software.
My final comment is about the interaction I've had with the developer. I have purchased a license of this software and to this day I cannot run the software in a licensed manner. Additionally, because of my desire to publish this review the vendor will no longer respond to emails.
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- DV Backup has the potential to be spyware. (1 replies)
At first I quite liked the idea of a simple backup program where I could use my DV cam to backup Mac data, however a little research and the following are (imho) key reasons not to use such a system: