![]() However, we did encounter some flaws and baffling problems, due either to Retrospect’s design or OS X’s, and the few freezes we experienced generally required a restart. In our tests, Retrospect performed well overall in backing up and restoring both OS 9 and OS X hard drives, and Dantz quickly released free updates that addressed several early problems in version 5.0. Finally, Retrospect 5.0 supports all writable optical drives shipping in Macs, including the SuperDrive, although it requires that some use CD-R media rather than CD-RW media. Retrospect can also now back up Mac (though not Windows) files larger than 2GB. This change makes possible backup strategies involving inexpensive FireWire hard drives. Retrospect 5.0’s File Backup Sets–very large individual files that contain all the backed-up files used when backing up to a hard drive–are no longer limited to roughly 60,000 files. (Retrospect 5.0 can still back up and restore most versions of Windows.)ĭantz has also lifted two important limitations. This cross-generation support is important, because many people run Retrospect on OS 9 Macs but need to back up OS X Macs. Most notably, Retrospect 5.0 runs on OS 9 and OS X 10.1.2 and later, and all editions except Express can use the Retrospect Client software to back up and restore networked Macs running OS 7.1 and later. ![]() We evaluated each (see “Retrospect Flavors” for their major differences) unless otherwise specified, all statements refer to all Retrospect editions, which are based on the same code.Īside from cosmetic changes that make version 5.0 comply with Aqua standards, the program’s user interface and feature set are essentially the same as the highly regarded version 4.3’s the most-significant changes are architectural. ![]() Retrospect Backup 5.0 comes in four editions–Express, Desktop, Workgroup, and Server. Although using Retrospect can be confusing for those not well-versed in OS X’s user privileges, the program proved itself capable and trustworthy when backing up, restoring, and duplicating files. The OS X-native Retrospect Backup 5.0 now joins other OS X backup utilities that appeared earlier however, unlike Retrospect, most of them aren’t designed for network usage, and many lack tape- and optical-drive support, keep only one revision of changed files, or can’t restore an entire OS X system to a bootable state. ![]() For many Mac users, the reason not to upgrade to Mac OS X has been that Dantz Development’s Retrospect Backup–which performs full and incremental backups to a variety of storage devices–couldn’t back up and restore Mac OS X volumes. ![]()
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