Comments on: Update: SmartBackup: Review and Giveaway

By: SmartBackup: Giveaway Winners | MacApper

SmartBackup: Giveaway Winners | MacApper — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:01:04 +0000

[...] week ago, I conducted a review of SmartBackup. In true MacApper tradition, we managed to get our hands on two application licenses [...]

By: Stephen Jakubiec

Stephen Jakubiec — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:45:06 +0000

I’m in agreement with Al Smith, I’ve tried the same apps and Smart Backup also looks pretty good…

By: Al Smith

Al Smith — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:21:53 +0000

I need a backup solution which is,

a) “better half” proof
b) elegant
c) works as expected
d) smart and “set and forget”

Nothing I have tried so far, including SuperDuper, Synk, ical and applescript has managed to fill these criteria.

Smart Backup looks like it fits the bill perfectly…..

By: Phil Speck

Phil Speck — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:30:29 +0000

I just recently switched to Mac from PC and have been looking for a good backup tool for all the graphics and websites I design for my clients.

By: Brian Waldo

Brian Waldo — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:42:48 +0000

As of right now, I have no backup routine. I honestly need one, because very soon I may be getting a MacBook. I’m sure the switch with be excruciatingly painful if I do not find an excellent way to back my comp up. SmartBackup seems like the best way to do this.

Thanks for the chance to win it!

By: jwylies

jwylies — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:15:56 +0000

I’ve switched from PCs and I liked having an image as well as a file by file backup. Used Acronis TrueImage on the PC. Using SuperDuper for the image thing now. Haven’t found a good file by file solution that didn’t do the whole effort over. Based on the feature set described above, this might solve the latter effort with some a little more “smart” and not take forever to move the files to an external device.

By: photon

photon — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:53:05 +0000

I’ve already got a backup routine for my PC, but I haven’t done anything for my Powerbook since I switched back last year. This would fix that.

By: rro

rro — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:43:24 +0000

I am using .mac Backup myself, but i’m worried about the mac i bought for my mom. It’s been 2 years and she needs a backup solution. A .mac is too expensive just for backup, but it seems SmartBackup could be a good solution nice article.

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:32:11 +0000

Backup? Whats a backup?

I’m too busy trying to figure out the old saying ” there are two kinds of people those who have lost data, and those who will!” to backup my computer.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:45:12 +0000

I’ve been backing up manually every week or two and have been looking for a program to setup and forget it. So far I like the feel of SmartBackup. Hadn’t heard of it before this article.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:56:46 +0000

My last backup was a while ago… I really need to get on that!

Well, up until now I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner to make a bootable image of my drive – works nice for backup because then I only need a similar machine to be back up and running.

This program could change that all including making everything faster!

Thanks MacApper and FreeRideCoding!
-Jack

By: Louis

Louis — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:32:45 +0000

My last backup was months ago. I never could get rid of the feeling that I’m going to mess something up when I do my backup. Maybe SmartBackup is what I need?

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:03:06 +0000

This looks neat. There’s something so comforting about the nice Mac-like interface.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:23:21 +0000

It is so beautiful and useful. I like the fact that it can copy files and folders just as they are and not producing a single sparce image of them! I love this app!

By: steve

steve — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:21:50 +0000

this would really help my backup routine since i don’t really have one. i pretty much just back up important things every once and a while.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:10:18 +0000

I could use SmartBackup to archive all my important documents on my iPod every time I connect it. That would give me a little extra piece of mind…

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:07:32 +0000

I’ve been looking for a program to backup my important data for a while now and this seems to work (I’ve been using the demo). I like how I can still use the finder to see the files on the external HD instead of it being a disk image.

If I’m not lucky enough to win it I will probably buy this great program, well done!

By: loosegroove

loosegroove — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:03:33 +0000

I normally use SuperDuper but I have a NAS drive and the best SuperDuper can do is make a sparse image file. That’s fine but I’d rather just have the files copied over so I can go right to a specific file if I need it. SmartBackup does that and does an EXCELLENT job at it!!!

I want to buy more hard drives just to use SmartBackup more!! Is that wrong?

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:52:55 +0000

I’m so bad with backing up my files, I occasionally backup to DVD but not nearly often enough. So an easy, automated solution would be nice.

I’ve been watching the feedback on MacUpdate for awhile, and with yet another good review from MacApper, I think it’s time to give the trial a spin.

By: Gimp

Gimp — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:24:17 +0000

My backup solution right now is a mess.

I have two drives, my internal, and my external. I use my external for media and backups.

but my backup routine is horrid.

I have a folder, with a bunch more folders in that, named by the day they were made. and i backup to those, making a new folder for each day that I backup. But I always forget. I end up backing up once, then not for two months, then for 3 days in a row… etc..

Plus i always forget what I’ve already backed up, so I end up spending 30 minutes looking though back folders trying to figure out what i should backup this time.

And, of course, I always miss something. I forget to backup something, then, bam, I delete it, and by the time i realise i needed it, a week later, my recovery programs can’t get enough of the file to be useful.

I need something I can schedule, and forget about, so I don’t go through all this crap.

By: Erich D

Erich D — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:22:01 +0000

I got SmartBackup through one of theose bundles… and I haven’t been dissapointed yet!

In truth, SmartBackup is the ONLY Backup Utility I trust, and it’s already saved my bacon a couple times!

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:30:18 +0000

I’ve been using SmartBackup before it was renamed SmartBackup! Great program, easy, simple, hassle free way to backup.