>To successfully perform automatically scheduled backups, frequently you >need to close OS X applications first so their data files are not locked.
This is not necessairly true. Which applications are giving you trouble? Most/many backup apps will let you launch scripts berore/after the backup runs. What are you using for backup? Why not upgrade to Leopard and use TimeMachine? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
