FARIBORZ  I'm dropping this review to thank the author of this gorgeous application. SmartBackup is not simply the best backup application around but is supported by a very responsive and courteous developer who solved my issue in a matter of minutes. The program is fast, stable and simple to use and yet powerful enough to meet the needs of the most demanding users. Add to this an invaluable support from a dedicated developer and you come up with the right answer to buy it or not! Fariborz AMIRSHAHI - Verona (Italy)  
(Version 2.2.2)

MACSTERDAM  what an absolutely wonderful program this has become. it's very very good, as well as very very fast, especially when doing smart updates. seriously recommended. also noteworthy is how response the developer is - offer really great service!  
(Version 2.2)

MUSI  After much research and demoing, I bought this over a month ago. This app is really fantastic and makes for very easy and customizable backups. I particularly like the fact that it does not require you to do disk images, restore, etc. You just set a hard drive as the backup device, then drag into the main window the items or folders you want to back up. It keeps those items (and any new items you later add to the list) associated with that particular hard drive, so you can just click and backup. You can add a whole new different list of items you want to back up to a different hard drive, thereby having multiple backup sets. You then choose any hard drive from a popup list, and the items list changes according to the hard drive chosen. Very cool.

SmartBackup operates like a true backup by only copying the changed files. It also archives the previous and deleted versions so you never lose anything.

Asthetically this app has a beautiful GUI, and I love the darkened "window shade" that drops down when it is working. Nice touch.

I do alot of research and demoing before I part with my money. SmartBackup easily beat out every other contender, hands down. I highly recommend it.  
(Version 2.0.1)

XPLICIT  The best backup program I ever used. Recently I switched to Leopard and didn't even try Time Machine.  
(Version 2.2.1)

TIM.DEHRING  Definitely worth the money. Easy to use and just simple and to the point.  
(Version 2.1.4)

FREERIDECODING  The corrected dmg file (also working on Panther/10.3) is now online. Panther users, please just download once again. Sorry for the inconvienience and thanks for reporting.

Happy new year!  
(Version 2.0)

JUKI  For those who can't open SmartBackup; I emailed developer about the bug and he promptly emailed me a corrected download which works fine.

The bug is only in OS 10.3.

The corrected version should be up before long, if it isn't already.  
(Version 2.0)

STAKADUSH  I've been using the previous version, SyncupX for quite a while now, and it never failed - it was actually the only backup utility I ever decided to use at home - after 20 years with computers. Before it I used to do my personal backups manually. :)

Only thing I was missing, was that SyncupX didn't backup my /etc folder. Not anymore... This version backups everything! (even my macports folder)

One more thing I really liked in this new version is the new Cocoa interface. Beautifully done - in a way which only helps the user to use the application better.

Thanks a lot to the developer for the continued work. Definitely worths $20.  
(Version 2.0)

F451  $10 upgrade required for licenses purchased before 01.01.2009.  
(Version 2.5)

AEPP  This is definitely one of the best backup tools out there in the cloud. This app is small, intuitive to handle and has all the features needed (except maybe scheduling right in the app). I very much love the 'keep deleted files' and 'move to archive folder' options. By that nothing goes lost and allows one to keep clean backups. These are options most other backup tools (and they cost pretty much more) lack of. I'm using this tool together with a 'WD Share Space' network drive and various external backup drives. I never had any problem or loss of data since using this tool. It's fast and definitely very reliable and trustworthy.

Definitely a candidate for the hot picks category within MacUpdate.

  
(Version 2.5)