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DESCRIPTION
Deja Vu offers an innovative new approach to backing up your files. It's a preference pane that shows up in your System Preferences, and it allows you to schedule unattended backups of important folders, or even your entire system.

With Deja Vu, you can:

  • Backup an unlimited number of folders.
  • Accurately clone your OS X system disk, producing a bootable copy. (You can use it to clone OS 9 disks, too.)
  • Perform backups manually at the click of a button, or schedule them to run whenever it's convenient for you. Backups may be scheduled on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, and may be performed even when you aren't logged in.
  • Save time by backing up only the files that have changed since the last backup.
  • Perform backups over a network. Deja Vu can even automatically connect to remote servers at backup time!
  • Mirror the contents of folders. Files which have been deleted from the source folder can optionally be deleted from the destination folder as well.
  • Keep your system in good health by automatically repairing your disk permissions before backing up.

Deja Vu has been localized for English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, and Finnish.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.4.2 release notes
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Propaganda Productions
Downloads:44,771
  - Version d/l:3,105
Utilities:Backup
License:Shareware
Date:11 Feb 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$24.95
RATING
****½
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Dec 4 2007

NEALNT  I found that customer support was not very good. Basically all they did was refer me to their FAQ. They bailed out on me on the problem I was having with the software.   
(Version 3.4)

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Nov 8 2007
*****

MD07  I am SO glad to see this application updated for Leopard. There are a lot of really great backup solutions out right now and it can be tricky finding the perfect one for your needs.

Deja Vu has never let me down. I use it regularly to backup to an AFP share and I really like how it doesn't hide anything or do any kind of sub-folder witchcraft with my files. I tried Time Machine, Synk, Superduper, Carbon Copy Cloner, and Crashplan, and I just like the way Deja Vu works better than the rest.

The only reason I would give this a 4 instead of a 5 for features is because I don't think there is a way to make a bootable backup. This isn't too much of a problem for me since a lot of the software I use needs to be re-installed or re-authorized even with a bootable backup anyway. You can make a bootable clone of your drive with Disk Utility anyway.  
(Version 3.4)

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Nov 12 2007

PINLO  > I don't think there is a way to make a bootable backup

Deja Vu can indeed make bootable backups:

http://propagandaprod.com/help.html#how_to_clone  
(Version 3.4)

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Nov 2 2007

MACMINICOOPER  Has anyone tried Deja Vu with Leopard?  
(Version 3.3b10)

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Nov 6 2007

BOLOBAR  I emailed the developer and he said it looked good and he should have something this week. I think I would hold off until he has an update.

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(Version 3.3b10)

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Jul 22 2007

TIM27  It's been a year and this is still in beta??? Come on guys!  
(Version 3.3b10)

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Aug 6 2006
*****

JAGOOAH  A nifty little app that does exactly what it says it will, and does it well! Heartily recommended, whether you have a PPC or Intel Mac.  
(Version 3.3b10)

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Sep 9 2005
****½

ME  Switched to SYNK years ago and haven't looked back. But I agree that DejaVu is awesome. Thanks for giving us a great software package.  
(Version 3.2)

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Jul 20 2005
****½

ANONYMOUS  Simply the best backup I've used for OsX, but I have to agree that Folder Exculsion is a must have addition.   
(Version 3.1)

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May 10 2005
****.

A NONY MOUSE  Very good preference pane for backup. Runs unobtrusively in the background, very reliable. And it gets better with every release. One of the "must haves" on every OS X machine.  
(Version 3.1)

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May 6 2005
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ANONYMOUS  Still NO folder exclusions!  
(Version 3.1)

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May 6 2005
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ANONYMOUS  Great piece of software, but i am going to stick with SilverKeeper since Deja vu doesn't have the ability to exclude files and the fact that it takes up 95% of my cpu.  
(Version 3.1)

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