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Retrospect and labels
Authored by: wsdr on Oct 14, '02 08:21:01AM

This haxie is great!

One of the best things about Retrospect is its ability to backup folders and files according to labels. I use this ability on my own computers and in many client offices in order to control what data is to be backed up on client workstations-- allowing me to specify data folders, email folders, etc., while ignoring system and application folders, and without having to re-configure Retrospect every time a new folder needs to be added to the backup. We use "Project 1" the Green folder and teach clients the mantra "Make it Green" if you want it backed up. It works great and helps us to keep backup sizes down to a dull roar (and disk swapping to a minimum, which can be a backup killer in some client offices).

This is the primary reason why I mourned the loss of labels in OS X. I was relieved to discover that you could still set them while booted into OS 9, or over the network from an OS 9 client. OS X, while ignoring them, didn't remove them, and the Retrospect client would still honor the colors (at least on HFS volumes).

But booting into OS 9 or having to go to another workstation is a pain, and this haxie returns the ability to set these folders in OS X. This will be on just about every one of my client's computers running OS X in the near future.



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Retrospect and labels
Authored by: sultawi on Oct 14, '02 07:06:33PM

Please note that you can apply labels via classic, you don't have to boot into OS9. The OS9 version of Default Folder allows one to do so via the "open" or "save as" menu of any classic program. If you don't want to do this, I notice that SNAX, in OSX, also allows you to set the labels. However, if you do it via SNAX, OS9, or classic you can't SEE the labels in OSX. Not a big deal if you are only using it for a retro backup, like I do...



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