[OS X TeX] OT: Backup software
Gary L. Gray
gray at engr.psu.edu
Tue Oct 10 02:28:54 CEST 2006
On Oct 9, 2006, at 8:11 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 6:56 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> This is OT.
>>
>> I dutifully backup with Retrospect, say every hour, but just now I
>> needed one of yesterdays versions of one of the over 10000 files
>> that make up the Magnum Opus. And I couldn't get Retrospect to
>> cough-up the file even when given the path name. Of course, I know
>> a Retrospect "expert" who will get me the file but I am fed up.
>>
>> I just spent over an hour googling for backup software (over
>> FireWire or Ethernet) to an external hard drive and, most
>> important, one that is idiot-proof.
>>
>> SuperDuper ($27.95) , Data Backup ($49), Intego ($70) all appear
>> reasonable but of course they each claim to be the best. The only
>> Open Source I found was on the terminal so that ruled it out.
>>
>> I would very much appreciate any suggestion.
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>
> Howdy,
>
> I used to use retrospect and got fed up with its terrible
> interface. I now use SuperDuper but I'm not at all sure it will do
> what you want. It will maintain a bootable image of your hard drive
> but there is no way to retrieve old versions of files.
>
> It really sounds like you need some sort of version control system.
> CVS is the traditional one and SVN a more modern system. Both are a
> bit of a pain to set up and will need Terminal work before you can
> use a GUI front end. For CVS I've been using CVL and for SVN I've
> been using svnX as the front ends.
>
> Once SVN and/or CVS is set up, using SuperDuper to make the
> bootable backup is very nice.
To say that setting up a version control system is "a bit of a pain"
is an understatement, at least it is for me. :-) If that is what you
are interested in, a recently announced version control system app
"for the rest of us" looks interesting. It is called Versomatic and
more info can be found at:
http://www.acertant.com/web/versomatic/default.htm
I haven't tried it, but I would be interested in hearing from anyone
who has.
Regards,
Gary
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