EMC lets down Macintosh users
26/09/06 22:23 Filed in: Apple
So we are all
told to backup and some actually do it. As someone
who used to look after clients whose livelihood
depended on their files I had to preach backup.
Their used to be only one solution for Mac users, Dantz Retrospect. I have used it since verion 2 and it was a wonderful product. It was so simple to use that I was hoping that they would bring out a PC server version. I was even involved in the beta. The PC version was equally easy to use and has grown over the years quickly supporting sql and Exchange.
It is now on version 7.5 which was release in February 2006. So where is the Mac version? It is way back on version 6.1. It has had the odd driver update, but nothing else has changed since January 2004.
Actually one thing changed. EMC bought Dantz in October 2004. Have they forgotten they bought a Mac version?
Dare we ask that they make it a universal binary when the next release comes out, if it comes out. They have forgotten their roots to such an extent that is not a given.
They told me it works fine under Rosetta. Well it doesn't work for me. It crashes when it tries to backup my idisk.
Where does this leave Mac users? Their is a great shareware product called Superduper. It works very simply and you can make your scripts pretty complicated if that is what you want. Compared to Retrospect it is very cheap. Only $27.95.
I would still like to use Retrospect. It has some features that I would still like to use. The ability to go back to previous versions of a file with a snapshot is great. That will be replaced by Timemachine when Apple's 10.5 comes out in early 2007. Between Superduper and Timemachine maybe I will be covered and EMC will have lost a customer. Perhaps they don't care. Perhaps the home user no longer matters.
It has been sad to see Macintosh Retrospect dying. I hope for corporate clients sake it gets a second wind, but I think its days in the home are gone. Shame on you EMC. You let a loyal customer base down.
Their used to be only one solution for Mac users, Dantz Retrospect. I have used it since verion 2 and it was a wonderful product. It was so simple to use that I was hoping that they would bring out a PC server version. I was even involved in the beta. The PC version was equally easy to use and has grown over the years quickly supporting sql and Exchange.
It is now on version 7.5 which was release in February 2006. So where is the Mac version? It is way back on version 6.1. It has had the odd driver update, but nothing else has changed since January 2004.
Actually one thing changed. EMC bought Dantz in October 2004. Have they forgotten they bought a Mac version?
Dare we ask that they make it a universal binary when the next release comes out, if it comes out. They have forgotten their roots to such an extent that is not a given.
They told me it works fine under Rosetta. Well it doesn't work for me. It crashes when it tries to backup my idisk.
Where does this leave Mac users? Their is a great shareware product called Superduper. It works very simply and you can make your scripts pretty complicated if that is what you want. Compared to Retrospect it is very cheap. Only $27.95.
I would still like to use Retrospect. It has some features that I would still like to use. The ability to go back to previous versions of a file with a snapshot is great. That will be replaced by Timemachine when Apple's 10.5 comes out in early 2007. Between Superduper and Timemachine maybe I will be covered and EMC will have lost a customer. Perhaps they don't care. Perhaps the home user no longer matters.
It has been sad to see Macintosh Retrospect dying. I hope for corporate clients sake it gets a second wind, but I think its days in the home are gone. Shame on you EMC. You let a loyal customer base down.
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