Permanent Backup

CPBP (Cliff's Permanent Backup Program) is a backup utility for Mac OS. It was developed on a Power Mac running Mac OS 8.6 but it should run on any Macintosh, 68K or PPC, running Mac OS 7.5 or later. CPBP backs up the disks, folders and files that you choose, saving the data in archive files. It also writes an index file, which tells it where in the archive each file is stored. Once a file is backed up, the archive copy is never changed or deleted; thus the name, Cliff's Permanent Backup Program. This permanent backup has two consequences: First, when you restore files, there may be multiple versions of a file in the archive, and you can choose the version you want to restore. You can also use CPBP to archive rarely-used files, delete them from your hard disk, and restore them when you need them. Second, because archive files are never modified, you can write them to CD or DVD. This is the feature I wrote CPBP to obtain! I wanted the permanence of CD backup, together with the convenience of a backup program. CPBP does all you expect a backup program to do: it will back up all disks mounted on your desktop, including AppleShare volumes; it will back up only those disks, folders and files you select in a simple Finder-like list window; it will do incremental backups, archiving only those files that have changed since the last backup; and it restores files that you choose in another Finder- like list window.