Anne Keller-Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm ready to buy an external hard drive and note that Maxtor > has Dantz Retrospect included, but it's a $399 drive! I was > planning to spend in the neighborhood of $150-175 for around > 40-60GB of space. > > Is Dantz Retrospect worth the extra money?
Yeesh, considering you can get retrospect Express for $45, which will work with a hard drive, that's a *ton* of money! > > Why wouldn't I use Carbon Copy Cloner for same > > Does it make sense to have something that will only backup > changed files, or backup the whole drive each time it is > scheduled to back up. Saving just the changed bits saves a LOT in time and disk space. > > I am doing fairly well just backing up end-of-day stuff on > zip disks and then doing an end-of-job or end-of-month > backup burn to CD. My problem is the thought process > in terms of "what has changed since last backup?" takes > some time I'd rather devote to other tasks. That's where software like Retrospect comes in. Check out the Express product...it does what you need. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
