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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
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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
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