Free mac data backup software for mac

Prosoft DataBackup 3.1 is considered as a very easy as well as powerful utility designed to allow you to backup, restore and synchronize your valuable data with minimal effort.

Whether you are a new computer user or a seasoned professional, Data Backup 3 offers you just the right amount of power, flexibility and ease-of-use to help you protect your files fast.

Major Features:

1. Easy
   • No complicated setup - built-in backup sets to quickly backup your iTunes or iPhoto files, other important data or your entire system.
   • Custom create your own backup sets. Just drag and drop.
   • "Fast Start" feature preselects the files to be backed up, saving you time (requires OS X 10.4+).
2. Powerful
   • Go "back in time" and see your files and directories, as they were when your backups happened.
   • Schedule your backups to automatically run at a specific time, on a recurring basis or when a drive is connected.
   • Have your Mac automatically wake from sleep to execute scheduled backups.
   • Create a bootable clone of your hard drive.
   • Choose to compress and/or password protect your backups.
3. Flexible
   • Backup to any mounted drive including FireWire, USB, ATA, or networked drives.
   • Backup to CD/DVD disks automatically span on multiple disks.
   • Creates an exact copy of a folder or a drive, including bootable OS X backups.
   • Synchronize folders - perfect if you use more than one computer.
4. Basic Operations
   • Backup - simply drag your files and folders into Data Backup and select a destination drive and go!
   • Restore - select the files and folders you want to restore, just like backup, but reverse the to and from folders.
   • You can backup to or restore from any mounted drive including CD, DVD, ATA, SCSI, FireWire, USB, or networked volumes.
5. Advanced Operations
   • Bootable Backups - Clone your bootable drive to make a completely bootable backup. Be up and running quickly if your main drive crashes
   • Schedules - automatically run any Data Backup task on a specific days, dates or other recurring basis
   • File Exceptions - specify files that are to never be backed up (such as system files or applications)
   • Versioned Backup - creates an exact copy of a folder or a disk, and also saves older versions of the data to provide an evolution of the backed-up data
   • Incremental Backup - copies all files that have been modified since the last backup.
6. Options
   • Synchronization - makes two folders identical by copying missing files and replacing older files with newer files
   • Compression - backup and restore can automatically compress your data, or you can compress data on your computer to save hard drive space.