On or near 4/22/04 2:42 AM, Kirk McElhearn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > On 4/22/04 11:28 AM, "Stephen Duxbury - Prestset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> This is slightly off topic but I use a programme called Tri-Backup and am >> actually very pleased with it after having used Retrospect for 10 years or >> more, but changed over when I went over to OSX. >> >> My query is that when I am backing up my other macs on the network it does >> not seem to back up the 'database' file within the Identities' folder. It >> does it on my machine, just the others it doesn't. This very nearly caught >> me out couple of weeks ago when one mac downstairs 'corrupted' its database >> and wouldn�t fix on that machine. Thankfully my G5 with more oomph and disk >> space did it ok. When I went to look on the back up the 'database' file was >> missing out of the folder!! > > I used Tri-Backup for a while back in the days of OS 9, and stopped for that > very reason - I discovered (fortunately before losing them) that many files > weren't getting backed up, even though I had no settings that limited or > filtered my backups. I don't trust that program, and never will again. A > backup program _has_ to be impeccable in what it copies. > I have been using the latest version of Tri-Backup, and recently it saved my ass. I back up my Documents daily, but I was also doing a weekly backup of my entire hard drive to an external Firewire drive. My internal drive crashed hard, no data could be recovered; I had to install a new internal drive, which reverted to OS X 10.1. I had to apply the Jaguar and Panther upgrades, but then, for all my applications and data files, I recovered from my backup. Absolutely nothing was missing! Tri-backup saved the day.
I don't know about the OS 9 version, Kirk, and I don't doubt you when you say you had problems. I'd be upset, too, if I found files missing, and I have no answer about backing up other Macs on a network; I just back up my single machine. But I'm satisified with Tri-Backup for my own use. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
