Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Description
Déjà Vu exists as a “preference pane” in Mac System Preferences and can be used to
schedule backup of important folders or, if necessary, the entire computer. You can clone
your system disks with it, perform backups on demand, back up only those files that
have changed since the last backup, back up over a network, or mirror the contents of
folders. It is localized for English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese,
Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Finnish, and Russian.
Comments
The vendor gives no address (which might give users a feeling of déjà vu), but reports
of the software are generally favorable. Justin Williams at MacZealots.com, for example,
found the only problem with it is the amount of system resources it takes up when
running a backup, making the computer unusable for simultaneous tasks. Others have
found Déjà Vu great value, and one reviewer (plasticsfuture) who finds nearly all Mac
backup software disappointing was prepared to give it a qualified recommendation.
Version: Déjà Vu 3.4.2 (2008)
OS: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
RAM: 256MB
Supported file formats: N/A
Price level: Single user approx. $25
Address: info@propagandaprod.com
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DriveClone
Vendor: FarStone Technology
Purpose: Clones your hard disk, or a partition of it, for total recovery
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Description
DriveClone does exactly what it suggests: clones your hard drive or one or more of its
partitions and then stores all the files, partition information, settings, preferences, and
security information as a compressed archive. You can burn the image of the drive on
to CD/DVD or to a USB external hard drive. It has several features such as RAID
support and imaging across multiple hard drives that make it appealing for the serious
professional, but simple enough for the home user to install and operate.
Comments
Because DriveClone works in pre-OS mode, not even a catastrophic system failure can
stop you from recovering all your data from the stored image. DriveClone Pro, a slightly
more expensive edition, offers a system snapshot capability and a universal restore