The backup folder has nothing to do with Backupbuddy, as you'll have one whether you use Backupbuddy or not. See if this thread: http://mytreo.net/forum/index.php/topic,4462.0.html on mtdn helps.
Jeff Fort wrote: > is the backup folder within backupbuddy on my mac? > > On Jul 5, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Sam Kamens wrote: > >> >> Jeff Fort wrote: >>> Let me reveal my inexperience. I did a hard reset with the intention >>> of doing a manual rebuild. Then I put an app in the "send to >>> handheld" folder to start the process. Upon hotsync, everything that >>> was on the treo before was reinstalled so that the treo is exactly >>> the way it was before. I use backupbuddy on my mac. I thought it >>> simply did a backup upon hotsync. Is it doing the restore? Can I >>> tell it not to do so? >>> >> When you HotSync, your applications are copied by the HotSync >> process to >> a Backup folder; when you then go to restore from a hard reset, the >> backed-up items are automatically restored. >> >> To do a clean install, you need to find the Backup folder and move it >> out of the way before HotSyncing. >> >> On Windows, you find the folder as follows: >> >> * Take the last name/first initial of your HotSync name, up to 8 >> characters (so mine is KamensS) >> * Look in c:\Program Files\Palm\KamensS\Backup >> >> Not sure where it is on the Mac. >> >> Hope this Helps, >> >> Sam
