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Retrospect still alive
3 comments- IT TOPICS:Macintosh & Apple, Management, Networking, Security, Servers & Data Center
Thankfully, according to Dantz co-founder: Retrospect's demise greatly exaggerated, the Retrospect backup software is still alive.
I have to admit, I have been worried. I've been an enthusiastic Retrospect user for over 13 years now, as it's one of the few networked backup solutions for Macs, and a few years ago was cross platform. There are plenty of solutions that back up Macs, but very few that allow the backup server to be a Mac. If you're a Mac only shop, Retrospect will probably be the application you choose.
As to Retrospect being cancelled, since the acquisition by EMC, updates don't feel as regular as before, and it seems a long time since the 6.5 update, which at the moment is still not a Universal application. Although it works fine, I'd prefer the stability and speed of an Intel native version. There is also a significant difference between the interface one the Macs and Windows, and certain features (multiple simultaneous backups) are not currently supported in the Mac version.
Now we know they are still alive, we know there should be long to wait before the next version.
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