Hard Drive Backup software - any reccomendations?
Hey guys,
Just looking for some software to backup data really. I've got a few internal HD's and a couple external, I want to choose a few important folders that change all the time, and keep a regular backup of them on another drive.
I know there's a few around - Silver Keeper has been mentioned by a few people - has anyone got some other opinions on good ones?
Thanks!
I'm using Memeo LifeAgent. At $29.95 it's not the cheapest backup solution available, but it's ability to track changes and automatically back them up on the fly or when next you connect your backup volume is really useful, as least to the way I work. It's also very easy to configure multiple backups of different sets of items to different backup media; i.e. you can back up some items to an external drive, others to a flash drive, etc. Really handy if you want to have a full backup, but also have a backup of, for instance, the files from a particular project on a flash drive. And unlike Time Machine, you can back up to any volume Mac OS X can mount and the files are in normal format and so require no special software to restore.
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