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Product Overview
.Mac
Backing Up to iDisk
It’s always a good idea to keep a separate copy of your most important fi les at a
location that is far from your home or o∑ ce. That way, if something happens to your
local backup, you’ll still have a safe copy in another place.
One of the easiest ways to create an o∂ site backup is to back up fi les to your iDisk.
.Mac Backup 3 allows you to back up more than one Mac to your iDisk, so you can
protect your important fi les no matter which computer they’re on. Use Spotlight in
Mac OS X Tiger to fi nd the specifi c fi les and versions that you can’t a∂ ord to lose.
Automatic Scheduled Backups
The heart of .Mac Backup is the ability to schedule backups to occur automatically to
a variety of destinations. If it’s time for a backup and you’re already connected to the
device you need, the backup runs automatically. If you need to insert a CD or DVD or
attach an external device, .Mac Backup prompts you. It’s that easy.
If your computer is asleep or turned o∂ when a backup is scheduled, an alert gives
you the option of making the backup immediately when you return to the computer
or waiting until the next scheduled backup.
Incremental Backups
.Mac Backup 3 has made backing up faster and more e∑ cient than ever through the
use of incremental backups. The fi rst backup session makes a copy of all the fi les you
want to protect. Then, each time you back up after that, the software fi nds and copies
only the fi les that have changed since the previous backup. This saves time and media
costs when you’re making regular backups.
Easy Restore Options
Restore options in .Mac Backup 3 make it both easy and accurate to replace a
damaged or missing fi le. You can go back through multiple backups to fi nd just the
version you need, then select the item you want to restore.
You can restore the item to its original location, or select a new destination if you
want to compare the restored copy with a version you already have. Selecting a new
destination is also useful if your computer has been lost or stolen and you have to
move the most recent copy of your fi les to a new computer.
If you restore a set of fi les to its original location, you can elect to restore just the fi les
that are missing or to also replace the existing items by restoring all the fi les.