Retrospect 9 for Mac is available in many flavors. Retrospect 9 also offers a new view of past backups that show only those files that were copied during the backup, making it easy to see Retrospect’s data deduplication technology at work conserving backup storage space. Specifically, Retrospect can now run twice as many simultaneous operations as the previous version it uses less memory and fewer processor cycles at idle tape library management has been improved Retrospect’s configuration file is more resistant to corruption and client backups and restores are faster. Network backup supports Mac, Linux and Windows boxes and the software is now speedier, has a prettified user interface and introduces task workflows. What’s more, it supports popular WebDAV storage system in an attempt to remain relevant in this world of cloud backups and online services.
Retrospect 9 for Mac brings an all-new 64-bit network backup client for Intel Macs, sporting Growl notifications and AES-256 encryption so it’s more secure as a corporate backup solution. In 2010, Roxio snapped up the company from EMC, but they spun off of Roxio later. Today, the new company introduced a new team which announced a major new version of the Retrospect utility. EMC acquired the original Retrospect developer, Dantz Development Corp, in 2004. They’ve been around since OS 6-7, earning the users’ trust with their easy to use and comprehensive Mac backup solution.
