SyncToy is a free utility from Microsoft that runs on Windows XP and Windows Vista. The latest version is version 1.4 which was released in October 2006. At it’s basic level SyncToy allows the synchronization of two directories. In this article I’ll show how I’ve used it to schedule backups to an external drive. The [...]
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Mozy updated their Mac Backup beta software to version 0.6.2.4. There’s no information on the changes in this release but the previous release (v0.6.2.2) was a step back for me so I went for it. Version 0.6.2.2 had run OK since my previous problems until today when the problems returned. At 97.5% the backup would [...]
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Updated 8/28: See section in red block. Mozy released MacMozy 0.6.2.2 (23015), their online backup software for the Mac which is still in beta. This release was a reminder to me about the downside of beta software. I upgraded both my iMac and my Macbook. The MacBook upgrade went relatively well. I’d describe it as [...]
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Mozy has updated their Mozy Mac beta software to version 0.6.2.0. Mozy has a list of bug fixes that are in this version and they’ve expanded the scheduling options to detect how busy the Mac is and to not back up if it’s above the threshold that you’ve set. You can also not get alerted [...]
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Mozy released a couple of updates to their Mac backup software (beta) in the last couple of weeks. The update to 0.6.0.0 added some new features. This was followed by 0.6.0.2 which seems to have just been bug fixes.
Mozy doesn’t list fixes included in each specific version, their FAQ says the following bugs were fixed [...]
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Mozy updated their Mac client (a.k.a. MacMozy) earlier this week. The latest version is now 0.5.1.0.
The only documented fix over version 0.5.0.0 is a fix identified as “Memory leak/ absurd resource usage”. A full list of earlier fixes and additional information can be found in the MacMoxy FAQ.
While not new to this latest version a [...]
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