.MAC Backup Program

My version of Backup has gone haywire. I was using 3.0 and after a System Software Update Backup no longer worked properly. When I open Backup, non of the menu items such as "new plan, rename plan, remove plan, history, edit plan, backup now, restore, etc. are available for use. So, I downloaded the most recent version, Backup 3, Version 3.1 (v356). I still have no access to this program. When I open the Backup program a window opens showing my "Migrated Drive Plan, next backup schdeuled for April 7, 2006 at 3:00 AM." When I highlight this plan the radio buttons for "restore" and "backup" do not become active. Therefore, I can't do anything even after download of the most recent version. Thanks for any help, Bruce

It seems that you made a wrong turn on the main page of Apple Discussions & ended up in the forum dedicated to the word processing/page layout application, Pages. This is very easy to do with so many folders within folders. I think you'll get the best response to your questions in the .Mac Backup forum. The path to that forum is Discussions: Digital LIfe > .Mac Forums > Backup.

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I'd advise you to drop Backup and start using something else. There are a number of reasons for that:
With MobileMe coming to an end next year, the future of Backup is uncertain. It's possible Apple may adapt it to the new iCloud service, but it's also possible they'll just drop it.
Backup stores your backups in a file that only Backup can deal with... so if you ever lose the ability to run Backup, you can't access your backups anymore. That's a major problem!
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2. Expand the backup to an external Firewire drive, then use Leopard to setup the computer from that drive (assuming that's possible in Leopard)
3. Partition the new hard drive and restore my old drive to one of the partitions (the primary initial problem being that my old drive has about 110 GB of data and the new drive is only 160 GB total)
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5. Take my new computer to the Apple Store and let them figure it out.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, since I'll be new to Leopard. I've got to get back up and running in the quickest way possible, but yet I don't want to do something that will cause me more trouble/work later on.

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I don't know anything about .Mac but I'd be surprised if it provides you with a full bootable backup.
You wrote <I don't want to do something that will cause me more trouble/work later on. >
That being the case I would strongly suggest that you procure for yourself a FireWire external drive, and on a regular basis make a complete bootable clone of your entire hard drive. It's the only real insurance for that rainy day when something horrible happens and your computer crashes.

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Can anyone help me here?:
I'm trying to restore individual files that I backed up using Mac's backup program. I've selected the files I want to restore, but it wants to restore to my internal drive and overwrite the newer corresponding files.
I want to restore to my external drive and manage my backups without this program at all. I can't access any of the files I backed up with this program and it's taking up a huge chunk of one of my external drives.
Very frustrating, any help would be greatly appreciated!
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See Mac OS X 10.5- When to use Time Machine or .Mac Backup to back up data.

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Hi,
A recent OS update seems to have had a bizarre effect on Apple's "Backup" program. (To be clear: I'm referring to the Apple-made software named "Backup", NOT time machine. This program has an umbrella icon and was originally offered as a download to Dot Mac customers.)
Basically, the Backup program no longer backs up files outside my user home directory! In fact, I am no longer able to add files outside my home directory to a backup plan.
I'm not sure which update specifically caused the problem -- as this was a silent change to backup behavior --, but it was within the last few months.
Has anyone else observed this problem? Is there a solution?
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Mike G. wrote:
Hi,
A recent OS update seems to have had a bizarre effect on Apple's "Backup" program. (To be clear: I'm referring to the Apple-made software named "Backup", NOT time machine. This program has an umbrella icon and was originally offered as a download to Dot Mac customers.)
Backup has it's own forum, well-hidden in the +Mobile Me+ part of the +Digital Life+ section.
Basically, the Backup program no longer backs up files outside my user home directory! In fact, I am no longer able to add files outside my home directory to a backup plan.
It works fine for me. But there are some restrictions/recommendations here: [MobileMe: Backup intended for backing up files in your Home folder, but not your entire startup disk|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1061].
Given the warning about restoring such things there, I'd not depend on those backups.
What version of Backup are you on? It was updated to 3.2 in April.
Where are the files in question?
If they're in places that ought to work, per that article, try it with some different files; and/or make a small Test plan with some small files from such places.
If the backup runs, but fails or omits things, take a look at the log. Double-click the Plan in the main window, select the History tab, and double-click the "event" in question.

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