Thread: Non-Apple Incremental Backup Software?

Ditto that for ChronoSync , which will maintain multiple older file versions in a folder called "_Archived Items"

Originally Posted by Warhaven   There's a little more to incremental backups with rsync , as you really need a script in order to do it. On FreeBSD I've always used rdiff-backup which uses rsync, but makes incremental backups. Rather easy to use if you know your way around the command line. I'm not sure if it is available for OS X, though. Originally Posted by Warhaven   SuperDuper! is another (and really...

Originally Posted by Hal Itosis   Fantastic features... but the GUI sux . [[ ]] Least worst GUI ever. Originally Posted by ph0ust   what about dropbox ? anyone try it yet? seems like it not only has pretty cool backup features (like real-time backup whenever you change a file), but also lots of media interfaces with sites like boxee. i haven't tried it yet, but just read about it while looking at boxee (which is also...

I forgot to mention Carbon Copy Cloner from Mike Bombich's site. It's a really nice front end for rsync. He even makes it easy to add pub authentication keys to computers you want to back up from. You can also save your backup task as a cron job and do automated backups. It also does incremental backups. And it's free.

CCC is donation-ware: (from the link in Warhaven msg) CCC is considered donation-ware (uncrippled shareware). I worked hard developing CCC and its methodology and documenting it on the internet for the rest of the Mac OS X community. If you find CCC indispensable, please consider making a donation. Please note that if you are using CCC for an educational institution, you should NOT donate to Bombich Software. My heart is in Education and all...

retrospect is the ultimate incremental backup app UI sucks ass though

Another vote for Synk...

Hi all, I love Time Machine. I love Backup, even though right now it's crippled, being in demo mode for me. I love these both for one simple reason - incremental backup. I've googled, and have found a few options - SilverKeeper (not currently available for 10.5 it seems), iMsafe and Incremental Backup . Just wondering if anyone else has used these, and has any comments, or any other suggestions for alternative programs? Thanks.

I'll throw my hat in for SmartBackup .

what about dropbox ? anyone try it yet? seems like it not only has pretty cool backup features (like real-time backup whenever you change a file), but also lots of media interfaces with sites like boxee. i haven't tried it yet, but just read about it while looking at boxee (which is also pretty cool).