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   Retrospect 13

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   Retrospect Inc. has released [1]Retrospect 13, a major new release of
   the backup software that adds support for integrated cloud backup to
   Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and other Retrospect-certified cloud
   storage providers (a full list is available from the [2]Retrospect Web
   site. Retrospect 13 also includes a new performance-optimized grooming
   mode for automatically deleting older files and folders, which
   complements the existing grooming mode (now called 'storage-optimized
   grooming'). Where storage-optimized grooming reclaims as much space as
   possible, performance-optimized grooming speeds things up by only
   removing outdated backup information that it can quickly delete.

   The update improves the speed of the catalog rebuild process, as well
   as backup and restore (up to 20 percent faster). It also adds support
   for simultaneous access to different sets on the same volume, enables
   you to move media sets to another location, adds a log message for live
   restores on OS X 10.11 El Capitan (required by System Integrity
   Protection), and fixes numerous issues. Retrospect 13 Desktop for Mac
   is priced at $119.00, and can be upgraded for $69. It can also be
   purchased in an Annual Support and Maintenance (ASM) package for $249
   ($179 upgrade), which includes one year of unlimited email and phone
   support plus free software release upgrades. ($119 new, $69 upgrade,
   181 MB, [3]release notes, 10.6.8+)

References

   1. http://www.retrospect.com/
   2. http://www.retrospect.com/support/cloud_storage
   3. http://www.retrospect.com/en/documentation/user_guide/mac/release_notes

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