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Feedback Summary:
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| Overall Rating: |   (4.0) |
Features: | (3.7) |
Support: | (3.3) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.3) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.7) |
Price: | (4.0) |
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Usage tip for Tiger users - Version: 5.1.2, 1/5/2009 08:55AM PST
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funkymothers
Extremely reliable backup software with amazing features - Version: 5.1.2, 1/5/2009 08:45AM PST
funkymothers
I have been using various backup software over the years and had some unexplainable behaviour and disasters with a couple of programs. This was not down to operator error but flakey applications. I work in music production and have to look after backups on a daily basis. That includes big project folders over various drives and huge amounts of data - hundreds of GB on a normal album session.
The only software that has not let me down ever is Tri-Backup. It is not a widespread program and the developer is small. However, I have converted many people over the years and never heard of any horror stories. One of the users on this website commented about a lack of communication from the developer. I have had a support request once which was followed up the next day and fixed my problem.
Some people complain about Tri-Backup being too complicated. This is not true. Whilst it is not as straightforward as SuperDuper or Silverkeeper it is a lot more advanced than those applications and has features that are quite remarkable considering the price. Also, there are a lot of hints built into the main interface so getting started should not be a problem. However, when you work on big projects with lots of backups going on several times per day over several sets of hard drives etc you will come to appreciate Tri-Backups reliability and customization.
I have used SuperDuper and it seems very reliable and has a great user interface. I would say that SuperDuper will be the program for you if you are a home user in need of bootable safety copies etc. Since it is half the price of the regular version of Tr-Backup it makes sense to go for SuperDuper. However, if you need the functionality and customization that Tri-Backup offers you will be hard pushed to find a better piece of software for the price.
All of this is true for the standard version. There is a pro version for $35 more which offers some advanced functionality which you may never need. This is a nice touch by the developer as it reduces the price for many users without being a restricted cut-down type software.
The only software that has not let me down ever is Tri-Backup. It is not a widespread program and the developer is small. However, I have converted many people over the years and never heard of any horror stories. One of the users on this website commented about a lack of communication from the developer. I have had a support request once which was followed up the next day and fixed my problem.
Some people complain about Tri-Backup being too complicated. This is not true. Whilst it is not as straightforward as SuperDuper or Silverkeeper it is a lot more advanced than those applications and has features that are quite remarkable considering the price. Also, there are a lot of hints built into the main interface so getting started should not be a problem. However, when you work on big projects with lots of backups going on several times per day over several sets of hard drives etc you will come to appreciate Tri-Backups reliability and customization.
I have used SuperDuper and it seems very reliable and has a great user interface. I would say that SuperDuper will be the program for you if you are a home user in need of bootable safety copies etc. Since it is half the price of the regular version of Tr-Backup it makes sense to go for SuperDuper. However, if you need the functionality and customization that Tri-Backup offers you will be hard pushed to find a better piece of software for the price.
All of this is true for the standard version. There is a pro version for $35 more which offers some advanced functionality which you may never need. This is a nice touch by the developer as it reduces the price for many users without being a restricted cut-down type software.
Gets better each version - Version: 5.1.2, 11/23/2008 07:08AM PST
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FinePeter
They have always responded to me.
Does it mean that the email system make it impossible for an email to get misplaced or deleted by accident? No, so one sends a second post. This is par for the course in all communication.
I have never had this product delete my files either and I suspect user error.
I have even made suggestions to the authors and yes, they were added!
It were my requests to be able to launch scripts from the menu and to group scripts in folders.
They do listen and they do respond and the product gets better with every rev
The latest 5.1.2 now has ACL backup which can be important if you back up OSX file servers and you want to retain proper permissions.
Does it mean that the email system make it impossible for an email to get misplaced or deleted by accident? No, so one sends a second post. This is par for the course in all communication.
I have never had this product delete my files either and I suspect user error.
I have even made suggestions to the authors and yes, they were added!
It were my requests to be able to launch scripts from the menu and to group scripts in folders.
They do listen and they do respond and the product gets better with every rev
The latest 5.1.2 now has ACL backup which can be important if you back up OSX file servers and you want to retain proper permissions.
I can verify that my copy process worked as expected with no errors when the progress window was closed.
Leopard users are not affected by this problem.