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Feedback Summary:
| Version 1.9.2: | |||||
| Overall Rating: |  (5.0) |
Features: |  (4.0) |
Support: | (4.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (5.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCT - Version: 1.8.7, 4/13/2008 07:14AM PST
tarabella1
I tried this product last year, bought a license, and thought it would meet me needs for a simple clone utility.
The bottom line is that MimMac totally destroyed by entire hard drive, rendering the data unrecoverable -- even after spending $500 with a data recovery service.
The software author was entirely unresponsive, and offered no counsel or assistance WHATSOEVER. He did not respond to email or attempts at telephone calls.
The software does make bootable clones. That's not in dispute. The problem is that the interface is so poorly designed that it is unclear whether one is restoring to or from a particular drive. There is virtually no error checking to prevent users from catastrophic data loss.
I do not make comments like this cavalierly or in an attempt to harm the developer. I have been an advanced Mac user since 1985, have worked for Apple as a systems engineer, and made a living as a software developer for years.
You'd be much better off with Super Duper.
The bottom line is that MimMac totally destroyed by entire hard drive, rendering the data unrecoverable -- even after spending $500 with a data recovery service.
The software author was entirely unresponsive, and offered no counsel or assistance WHATSOEVER. He did not respond to email or attempts at telephone calls.
The software does make bootable clones. That's not in dispute. The problem is that the interface is so poorly designed that it is unclear whether one is restoring to or from a particular drive. There is virtually no error checking to prevent users from catastrophic data loss.
I do not make comments like this cavalierly or in an attempt to harm the developer. I have been an advanced Mac user since 1985, have worked for Apple as a systems engineer, and made a living as a software developer for years.
You'd be much better off with Super Duper.
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No problems with MM registration.....!!! - Version: 1.9, 4/11/2008 12:50PM PST
znoborg
I own 2 copies of MM which were activated on different hardware. I wanted to re-activate on my current hardware. I contacted the developer via email and got a reply within 10 minutes to try my re-activation (which BTW was successful ...)
So yes.... It took me 1 min of effort to contact the developer.... 10 minutes later, I was registered.
Unlike the rant above ....which must have taken 10 times the effort...
And I agree.... with the previous comment.... "lecturing the developer" ...hilarious!!!
So yes.... It took me 1 min of effort to contact the developer.... 10 minutes later, I was registered.
Unlike the rant above ....which must have taken 10 times the effort...
And I agree.... with the previous comment.... "lecturing the developer" ...hilarious!!!
MimMac also handles packages well (iPhoto, Aperture generate packages into the hundreds of Gigabytes), treating them as folders so you only have to update the files which have changed not the whole database (minutes instead of days of copying).
MimMac is the only affordable high quality sync tool available on OS X. SuperDuper! is the way to go for volume backup but SuperDuper! doesn't handle folders or partial drives well and won't do two way syncing at all.
MimMac and SuperDuper! are a killer combination though.
I've since bought another license to support the developer's efforts with MimMac, despite our rocky start.
What's even better is the licensing scheme will be changed so that your license will continue to work even if Ascendent Softworks disappears (hopefully not!).
All that's left on my wishlist for MimMac is dry run preview of two-way syncing.