Confusing - gslusher

Backup is an incremental backup program. It does not delete the previous backup files but adds whatever has changed. EVERY incremental backup program will do this. That is the most efficient way to backup, but it's not what you want.

You CAN use Backup, however, by choosing to do a "full backup" every time after erasing the previous backup. That's rather inefficient. You could just manually copy the critical data to the flash drive every day. A good alternative is to use a file/folder synchronization program, which will copy only those files that have changed, overwriting the old file.

Use the right tool for each job.

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Friday, December 09 2005 @ 02:10 AM PST

Confusing - gslusher

Backup is an incremental backup program. Every incremental backup program will behave this way. It's very efficient for what it does, but you're asking it to do something else. You really need a file/folder synchronization program. There are several listed here on Version Tracker. You could also just copy the critical data to the flash drive every day. That might take a few seconds more, but it would be cheaper.

Use a tool for the job it was designed to do.

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Friday, December 09 2005 @ 02:36 AM PST

Confusing - thebroz

I don't find this program confusing. I've been using Retrospect for years, and find Backup far simpler. It's also far less capable.
Incremental backups are the way to go, however. Far more efficient.

As for $100 for .Mac... I never pay that. Just shop around. Amazon typically sells the .Mac package for $80. I buy that, and enter the enclosed serial number in the .Mac renewal screen, and wham. I'm good for another year.

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Thursday, February 09 2006 @ 07:40 AM PST

Confusing - pna_dra

I have not found Apple's Back-Up to be very helpful because the incremental files are so large and they fill up my external hard drive so quickly. I have read lots of negative comments about the product on Apple's discussion pages as well.

While you are looking for something to replace it with, may I suggest LaCie's freeby, SilverKeeper. For me, who backs up the Home Folder daily (8.5 gigs), it works a treat.

David Amies

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Thursday, February 09 2006 @ 07:50 PM PST