>On Tuesday, January 19, 1999 12:52 PM, tedd [SMTP:tedd@...]
>wrote:
>> -snip-
>> However, I have been really disappointed with Retrospect. I used Disk
>Fit
>> for several years and really liked that program. But, Retrospect
>replaced
>> it and, in my opinion, it mondo sucks.
>
>I don't know tedd. I have used Retrospect both at work, for 6 years on
>our previous networked Macs and now on our (uggghhh) NT machines (using
>a Mac backup server--hehe), as well as on my system at home. I really
>like Retrospect in terms of its backup performance, and we have never
>lost data, provided the machine was backed up (its up to the user at
>work to make sure they leave their system up ready for backup...).
>
>The only issues I have with it is in selecting files for restoring--I
>think the interface could be better in this respect.
>
>Chris Young


Chris:

My main complaint with Retrospect is that my backup files keep getting
larger. I am now up to 20 zip disks (2 Gig) to backup less than one Gig of
data. The old program Disk Fit, would replace files that have been altered
with the newer versions. However, Retrospect does not do this. It simply
keeps adding each version to the backup while keeping all older version.
This, as I was told by Retrospect people, was a feature.

While, I have not had to do a major backup using Retrospect, I'm not
looking forward to restoring my hard drive to "current" condition. I
suspect that I will have to determine what files I want instead of just
sindicating "Restore". However, I don't know that for sure.

tedd

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