05-13-2008, 02:43 AM
Unless Retrospect has changed significantly since 5.1, here are the options.
1) "Finder" style backup. Kind of like dragging things yourself to another HD, but scripted.
2) The compressed database file option. Everything gets put into a proprietary database file(s) with corresponding catalog (i.e. index) files.
Choice 1 isn't any better than the modern alternatives. And yes, the interface is way more fiddly than it needs to be. I "helped" a user with #2 once for its promise of saving space. Damn near lost everything. If the catalog files go bad and can't be rebuilt you're in real trouble, because Retrospect will refuse to open it's own db file without one.
1) "Finder" style backup. Kind of like dragging things yourself to another HD, but scripted.
2) The compressed database file option. Everything gets put into a proprietary database file(s) with corresponding catalog (i.e. index) files.
Choice 1 isn't any better than the modern alternatives. And yes, the interface is way more fiddly than it needs to be. I "helped" a user with #2 once for its promise of saving space. Damn near lost everything. If the catalog files go bad and can't be rebuilt you're in real trouble, because Retrospect will refuse to open it's own db file without one.