Data Backup 2.0 (Mac) Description:

Data Backup 2.0 (Mac) review:
5 stars (Possibly the Best Backup Software for the Mac) - Data Backup 2 from Prosoft Engineering is possibly the best backup software for the Mac. The user interface is intuitive and exceedingly easy to use. The PDF manual is clear and comprehensive yet concise (a printed manual would be nice, but is not included). Technical support is excellent. Free updates are released periodically. The latest update (2.0.5) is compatible with the newly released Mac Operating System 10.4 (code name Tiger).



Although easy is to use, Data Backup 2 is powerful and very flexible. It offers:



(1) Six back up methods: Simple Copy, Clone, Versioned, Full, Incremental, and Synchronize.



(2) The option to skip files selected on the basis of name, size, extension, etc.



(3) Optional Gzip compression.



(4) Optional encryption with AES-126.



(5) Multiple backup scheduling options



Comparisons:



Data Backup 2 is far easier to use than Dantz Retrospect and it does not compress files into a proprietary format that only this application can open. With Data Backup 2, the compressed files can be viewed individually and opened with Stuffit Expander to verify that the backup proceeded without errors.



Data Backup 2 is far more powerful and flexible than Iomega Automatic Backup (which appears to no longer be supported by Iomega).



I have not tried the backup software included in Stuffit Deluxe 9.0 and therefore cannot compare.
4 stars (New release much improved) - I had problems with the first couple of versions but the new update seems to have fixed all the issues that I was having-- Good to see Prosoft is continuing to improve this --- Works like a champ now-
1 stars (I couldn't make it work either) - I have this software, and I couldn't make it work. I am using it with OS X, and it will do the first full backup, but just quits when I try to do any subsequent backups. I talked to customer service and they had me download an update, but that didn't work either!