After my terrible experience with Memeo LifeAgent for Mac, I searched for a better backup application for my MacBook. (By “better,” I mean, “it’s not a piece of crap, and it works.”)
After reading enough product descriptions to glaze my eyes over, I decided upon EMC Retrospect for Macintosh.
At $119, it’s pricey, compared to consumer-grade backup applications. They’ve done a good job with the initial configuration screens, although they are more involved than simpler backup applications.
It works. It’s rock solid. It’s +1. It’s a backup application that I’ll definitely never grow out of, because it can handle any system and network folder configuration I’ll ever dream up. It works. I know from past experiences with this company that they take customer support seriously, unlike Memeo. Did I mention that it works and it’s rock solid?
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I might try EMC Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh « Seek Nuance // January 15, 2009 at 8:55 PM |
[...] Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: mac — John @ 8:55 pm I’ve been using EMC Retrospect for Macintosh, version 6.1 to back up our MacBook Pro and iMac. They’re backed up to a RAID [...]
A review of EMC Retrospect 8.0 for Macintosh « Seek Nuance // January 17, 2009 at 5:11 PM |
[...] tool, and eventually tried Memeo LifeAgent for Mac. It was terrible. Chastened, I switched back to Retrospect, this time for the Mac (of course). It did the job and was rock solid, but it had its quirks as Mac applications [...]