AhrensSound Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Hi, Does anyone know if it is supposed to be possible to get catalogs on Windows via 6.0 that were created via Retrospect 5.1 on the Mac? I have both Win 6.0 and Mac 5.1 because I need to be able to backup audio files from production on either environment. I'd like to be able restore to the other platform. I have done a first test backing up on 5.1 under OS X 10.2.8, on to an HP DVD200e Firewire drive and DVD+R media. It backs up ok, and validates fine on 5.1. I then took the firewire drive to my PC system which has 6.0 installed, and attempted to recover the catalog from the DVD+R that was burned via 5.1 on OS X. It says that it's Invalid and won't extract the catalog. I had also tried to just moving the catalog over (via ethernet) from OS X to WinXP and Retrospect 6.0 thinks it's corrupted. Is there a way to work with both platforms so backups can be restored on the other? Cheers, S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted October 31, 2003 Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Hi Retrospect media and backup sets are not compatible between OS platforms. Unfortunately the answer is "no". Sorry Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhrensSound Posted October 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 Thanks for the reply. I find it a bit bizarre that there are clients that allow me to backup a PC that is networked to my Mac on my Mac, but that I can't actually utilize a UDF DVD from the Mac on Windows. I thought that since it is the same product from the same company, on the same media, on the same drive that it would be compatible. It would be a great feature for the future. Can I restore to a client then? In other words, if I backup a win client on to the Mac 5.1, can I restore via 5.1 back to that windows client? I would assume that I could otherwise, what is the point of being able to back up the client in the first place....right??? Cheers, S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Hi You can restore anywhere you like. The only thing that is incompatible between platforms is the back up media. Making the media cross platform compatible would be a MAJOR undertaking otherwise you can bet Dantz would have done it by now Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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