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Is MacTools CP Backup as bad as it seems?

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From: Arne Nordmark
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:49
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PROBLEM: Want to make sure that nothing of your days work gets lost.

SOLUTION: Buy Central Point MACTOOLS ver2 with its nifty scheduler that
lets you do automatic backups at any desired times. Do a full backup
and configure it to do incremental backups everytime you shut your
computer down. Now you can be sure that everything you have done
during any session gets backed up and you are safe.

SURPRISE: Your hard disk crashes and a week has passed since you made
your full backup. You have created lots of new documents and put your
trust in the automatic incremental backups that are made everytime you
switch your Mac off. No problem, restore the files. But WAIT A MINUTE!
Where are all the NEW DOCUMENTS!

THE MANUAL: CP Backup does only back up files that change, not any new
files. You can't SAVE any selection criteria such as which folders to
back up or which file name patterns to ignore.

Oh. Of course. How stupid of me to expect anything else. I'm so sorry.
BTW Where is the trashcan? No not that one. The REAL trashcan.
Thank you.


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	Arne Nordmark		Tel: 08 - 790 71 95
	KTH/Mekanik
	100 44 STOCKHOLM	Email: nordmark@mech.kth.se
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