BackUp Software: purchase advice

[bruno.mestre]

Dear MacFriends

I am using Tiger and I need to do a lot of Backups of all the files I have in my sistem. Therefore I am considering buying an external HD and use it with a backup software.

I need some advice on the best software to buy because I want to syncronise it with my HD. Is there anyone that does the same features as Leopard's TimeMachine? I want to wait for Snow Leopard to come out before I upgrade.

Please indicate me the best software in your opinion.

Thanks

 

[mathcolo]

Dear MacFriends

I am using Tiger and I need to do a lot of Backups of all the files I have in my sistem. Therefore I am considering buying an external HD and use it with a backup software.

I need some advice on the best software to buy because I want to syncronise it with my HD. Is there anyone that does the same features as Leopard's TimeMachine? I want to wait for Snow Leopard to come out before I upgrade.

Please indicate me the best software in your opinion.

Thanks

Why wait for Snow Leopard? Time Machine is to die for and 10.5 is stable now.

 

[GGJstudios]

Searching the forums will bring you lots of answers.

 

[sickmacdoc]

A lot of people around here use either Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper to handle backing up the entire contents of a drive to an external drive.

Both have the advantage of making a backup that is bootable (assuming you have a drive that is bootable with your Mac- FireWire for a PPC based Mac or FireWire or USB for an Intel based Mac)- so you can boot from the backup immediately if your hard drive should fail, something you can not do with Time Machine since it does not create a bootable backup.

If you should choose to use SuperDuper, be sure to pay to register it as several important features are disabled in the free trial version.