Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!amdcad!sun!imagen!atari!portal!cup.portal.com!Fabian From: Fabian@cup.portal.com (Fabian Fabe Ramirez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Need recommendation for Mac backup program Message-ID: <11998@cup.portal.com> Date: 2 Dec 88 01:25:34 GMT References: <820@drexel.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 30 Jeff, Biasly speaking, with the exception of the compression format, you should consider SuperMac Software's DiskFit. DiskFit saves in a Finder compatible format that allows you to recover individual file(s) and/or folder(s) without having to use any application to access this information. Also, there's no Directory Disk. Something that Fast Back and Redux (in it's proprietary format) uses. We don't. Though DiskFit doesn't have a high degree of file selectivity, DiskFit does allow you to create different types of backups: Duplicate (backup to a volume of equal size or greater), Applications & System files, Documents only, or a single, large file. DiskFit also has a folder exclusion option, that allows you to exclude specific folders from being backed up. One of the major reason for not having a high degree of selectivity is that we want to make sure that in the event of a crash and no possibility of data recovery, you'll have the security of knowing that you're last backup was a full and complete backup (provided that one hasn't changed the default settings). It's a difference in philosophies, but Dantz is considering file filtering. Otherwise, of the competition...take a look at Redux, Fast Back (make sure you enable the Verify Writes option), and PCPC's recently updated HFS Backup 3.0. Fabian Ramirez SuperMac Technology fabian@cup.portal.com sun!cup.portal.com!fabian