What are your favorite backup apps?

I predict that most people here will suggest that you use SuperDuper! from shirtpocket.com. and that one person will suggest Retrospect. 😉

I've done well with FW drives from OWC (Other World Computing)....

Just to backup Tuttle, SuperDuper! is my favourite 😉

Hi Hex50,

"One of the issue's I have seen is that some of the HD's are not compatible with the MBP Intel chip"

Can you direct me to this info? I'm going to get a new HD for my MacBook.

Thanks

Clint

If you purchase an external HD for backup you will want it to be a Firewire or Combo (both USB & FW) since you can only boot up from a FW port. The drive will likely have Retrospect Express backup software bundled with it. This is a good backup program and will do incremental backups. SuperDuper will do incremental backups but not with the free version.

The original poster's Intel-based Mac can boot from a USB drive.

Also, if you want the external HD to be able to boot an intel machine (instead of just copying files) be sure to reformat it as "GUID." This is done with Disk Utility. Click the "options" button in the partition screen.

Clint

I've settled on LaCie external drives so I don't have any personal experience with Maxtors but they, along with LaCie and Western Digital are often recommended here. Try typing Maxtor in the search box on the main discussions page and you should get lots of results. Try the same in the iMac G4 forum. There are people there who use Maxtors.

Clint

I think you'll be very happy with your new Maxtor. Remember to partition it with Disk Utility. Next, you will have to decide on which backup software to use. As with the external drives, there are a number of good choices! I've recently become a SuperDuper! convert.

Clint

17" G4 iMac 1ghz/1gb, MacBook (black) 2ghz/1gb Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Hi Lefkows,

If you purchase an external HD for backup you will
want it to be a Firewire or Combo (both USB & FW)
since you can only boot up from a FW port. The drive
will likely have Retrospect Express backup software
bundled with it. This is a good backup program and
will do incremental backups. SuperDuper will do
incremental backups but not with the free version.

There are downsides to R' Express.

1] Unless you prepartition the FWHD, it will take over the whole thing. (I have a lot of mine unused because the Internal HD is smaller the the FWHD.

2] R' Express does not leave you with a bootable system. You will have to startup from a Bootable CD/DVD and replace whatever is corrupt. You can select as little or much as you want.

OT a bit. My Internal HD is partitioned with the OS Part too small thanks to a local Mac guru, that's a sarcastic small "g." When I get rountoit I'm going to redo the wholething w the Internal Non Partitioned. Make sure all is joy. Then either stop using R' Express or Partition the FWHD.

Maybe more than you wanted to know. One person's experience. JP