dramsey Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 I've set up my father's G5 running Panther with Retrospect 5.0 and Timbuktu Remote. I configured his system to run automatic backups of both his and my mother's Macs every weekend. The trouble is that the auto backups never "fire" on their own. I can Timbuktu in and run Retrospect remotely; as soon as I launch Retrospect, I get the 10 second countdown as the past-due backups start automatically. Any idea why they don't run until I run Retrospect manually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowspawn Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Is the computer set to go to sleep? Have you shifted Retrospect from where it was installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dramsey Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 No, the computer is not asleep, and no, Retrospect is still in the Applications folder where it was installed. There's obviously some background process that enables this feature... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted May 13, 2004 Report Share Posted May 13, 2004 You will need to upgrade to Retrospect 6.0 for auto-launching abilit under Panther. 5.0 came out a few years before Panther and does not fully support that OS. http://www.dantz.com/index.php3?SCREEN=kbase&ACTION=KBASE&id=28093 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dramsey Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Of course, it could also be because when I upgraded dad's machine from a G4 to a G5, I just dragged Retrospect across rather than re-installing it, and thus didn't get a copy of the "Retrorun" folder in /Library/Startupitems... I'll try that before upgrading. Retro 5 does all he needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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