Backup Software Recommendations

[Zaid]

Does anybody have any recommendations on good backup software?

I'd like to backup my home dir in its entirety to a firewire hard drive.
I want it to pick up all hidden files preferences etc.

Any thoughts?

 

[Sparky's]

2 words "Dantz" and "Retrospect"

check it out here

http://www.dantz.com/

I've been using it at work and home for over 15 years.

 

[ChrisFromCanada]

Super Duper and Carbon Copy Cloner.

Search for them on versiontracker.com

 

[superleccy]

2 words "Dantz" and "Retrospect"

It's a shame that Dantz no longer offer Retrospect Express as a stand-alone package. You have to buy Norton Systemworks or an external Hard Drive that includes it in a bundle (eg, Maxtor). You can still buy the desktop version, for me that's too expensive and I don't need the extra functionality.

Regards
Superleccy

 

[JDar]

If you don't mind free, LaCie's Silverkeeper will make a bootable backup and can be scheduled.

 

[live4ever]

Synk 5
www.decimus.net
Is great.

 

[marknicholls]

I have installed silver keeper and all looks good

I have just backed up some software onto my external firewire HDD, and would now like to perform a backup of all my other folders that i have set up as "sets"

If i perform a backup, will it only look for new and update files on the mac hdd and back them up, or will it delete the software i have backed up on my Lacie HDD as it is not set up as a set?

Also, when performing a backup, if i delete some files from my mac hdd, will it also delete them from my Lacie, or will it only add new files?

Many Thanks

 

[Hoef]

Do you if any of the software mentioned let you replicate (synchronize) certain files/folders to another networked machine?

 

[pubwvj]

I use Carbon Copy Cloner. Great for whole disk backup or just several folders and it will create bootable clones of my drive. I backup all the family machines home folders up to my machine regularly and then clone my entire machine to group of firewire drives on a rotating basis.