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CHAPTER 7 BACKUP, SYNCHRONIZATION, AND RECOVERY OF DATA<br />

• Qdea (www.qdea.com) has been making backup software for <strong>Mac</strong>s for years. Their current<br />

Synchronize! X Plus and Synchronize! X Pro are also great products for a variety of<br />

backup and synchronization needs. These cost $29.95 and $99.95, respectively.<br />

• EMC Insignia (www.emcinsignia.com), a division of storage powerhouse EMC, recently<br />

acquired Retrospect, a highly regarded backup solution for <strong>Mac</strong>s. EMC Retrospect for<br />

<strong>Mac</strong>intosh comes in four versions. The Express version, which is distributed only with<br />

hard drives from some manufacturers and resellers, provides basic backup capabilities.<br />

The Desktop version (about $120) provides everything you could want in a desktop<br />

backup solution. The Workgroup version (about $500) is designed to keep up to 20<br />

networked computers all backed up. The Server version (about $800) provides backups<br />

for up to 100 desktop clients (this version supports clients running <strong>Mac</strong>s, Windows, and<br />

Red Hat Linux).<br />

What’s most important—whether you use Time <strong>Mac</strong>hine, use Retrospect, or manually copy<br />

all your data onto thumb drives—is that you do something to back up your data. Just pick a system<br />

that works for you and go with it.<br />

Summary<br />

Now that you know how to protect your data from hard drive failures and accidental data loss,<br />

we’ll move on to protecting your data and your computer from other threats.

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