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From: Frank on 12 Feb 2010 06:33
I understand that Retrospect default setting is for differential
backups. What about
copying? Is it differential also?
From: dorayme on 12 Feb 2010 18:39
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m>,
Frank <gno52(a)windstream.net> wrote:

> I understand that Retrospect default setting is for differential
> backups. What about
> copying? Is it differential also?

If anyone wants for free (pay the postage) my *old* Retrospect
install CD, "RETRO DESKTOP MAC 5.0 OEM F/P" with serial number,
give me a shout. It came with an external CD writer I used on
older Powermacs on OS 8 and 9. (I threw the perfectly good
working machine out, figuring too much trouble to find someone
who would want it. Hard thing to do, throw good things out. But
ruthlessness is the game at the moment as I clear up decades of
stuff!) Just mentioning this Retrospect because I have yet to
chuck it, it is still lying here in its nice "Dantz" folder.

--
dorayme
From: gtr on 13 Feb 2010 03:10
On 2010-02-12 15:39:17 -0800, dorayme said:

> In article
> <53c61a8d-e0a6-4880-8711-522101857657(a)q27g2000yqn.googlegroups.co
> m>,
> Frank <gno52(a)windstream.net> wrote:
>
>> I understand that Retrospect default setting is for differential
>> backups. What about
>> copying? Is it differential also?
>
> If anyone wants for free (pay the postage) my *old* Retrospect
> install CD, "RETRO DESKTOP MAC 5.0 OEM F/P" with serial number,
> give me a shout. It came with an external CD writer I used on
> older Powermacs on OS 8 and 9. (I threw the perfectly good
> working machine out, figuring too much trouble to find someone
> who would want it. Hard thing to do, throw good things out. But
> ruthlessness is the game at the moment as I clear up decades of
> stuff!) Just mentioning this Retrospect because I have yet to
> chuck it, it is still lying here in its nice "Dantz" folder.

I've never been so glad to abandon a piece of software as Retrospect.
Time Machine saved me from that horror story.
--
Helping others to help themselves.

From: Frank on 14 Feb 2010 07:32

>
> I've never been so glad to abandon a piece of software as Retrospect.
> Time Machine saved me from that horror story.
Well... I have Time Machine, but I guess I was confused about it as I
was under the impression that it only did full backups..not
differential or cumulative backups
From: gtr on 14 Feb 2010 12:00
On 2010-02-14 04:32:32 -0800, Frank said:

>> I've never been so glad to abandon a piece of software as Retrospect.
>> Time Machine saved me from that horror story.
>
> Well... I have Time Machine, but I guess I was confused about it as I
> was under the impression that it only did full backups..not
> differential or cumulative backups

You were confused indeed. If you saw the previews of the thing, it
gave you access to every file-change you may have made every time it
backed up, which could be a few times a day.

But it will do a full backup, certainly. And does, as you might
imagine, the very first time you use it. I would guess you can do
another full back up again if you like. Just point it to another
volume, or a partition of a volume on which a Time Machine backup does
not exist and tell it to "Back Up Now". Or you can delete the results
of the previous day's or week's backup file and start again.
--
Helping others to help themselves.

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