themixguy Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 Can you install Retrospect 5.x on your computer and use it in both OS X and OS 9? Will the catalogs and scripts be the same? Seems like it's not, but I'm new... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted June 3, 2003 Report Share Posted June 3, 2003 No, you'll need to install Retrospect on both 9 and X. The configuration files (which contain scripts) cannot be shared. Sharing catalog files is not recommended. Changed files backed up in 9 will be backed up again in X - the file properties change when switching OS's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsnip Posted August 6, 2003 Report Share Posted August 6, 2003 Quote: AmyJ said: No, you'll need to install Retrospect on both 9 and X. The configuration files (which contain scripts) cannot be shared. Sharing catalog files is not recommended. Changed files backed up in 9 will be backed up again in X - the file properties change when switching OS's. I have two drives on my G3/400, one of which contains a 9.2.2 system, and the other of which contains 10.2.4. I originally installed Retrospect 5.0.x on the 9.2.2 drive, and so far have been backing up that drive when booted from 9.2.2. I understand that I should back up and restore the OS X volume only if I'm booted from OS X. I have experimentally brought up Retrospect (installed on the 9.2.2 drive) and found happily that it did not invoke Classic mode. So, I'm assuming I could then do an OS X backup, while booted in OS X, even though the Retrospect application currently resides on the other (9.2.2 drive). I'd prefer to install Retrospect on the OS X drive, and certainly then I could back up my OS X drive while booted in OS X, using the Retrospect now installed on the OS X drive. However, could I not then back up my 9.2.2 drive, while booted in OS X, using the Retrospect installed on my OS X drive? This way, it seems I could avoid having to boot into 9.2.2 simply in order to back up the 9.2.2 drive, and just back up everything while booted into OS X... AmyJ's response to the previous poster seems to indicate that you wouldn't want to *both* back up in 9 and in X, but I'd just like to back up my 9.2.2 and OS X drives, while booted in OS X only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyJ Posted August 6, 2003 Report Share Posted August 6, 2003 You should install and run Retrospect directly from OS X to backup both the OS X drive and the OS 9 drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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