{"id":3283,"date":"2007-10-31T14:05:11","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/no-time-machine-alternative-backup-tools-for-your-mac\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:41:39","slug":"no-time-machine-alternative-backup-tools-for-your-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/no-time-machine-alternative-backup-tools-for-your-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"No Time Machine? Alternative backup tools for  your Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" title=\"Time Machine\" id=\"image3284\" alt=\"Time Machine\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/10\/timemachine_icon20071016.png\" \/>One of the most lauded features of Apple&#8217;s new operating system, Leopard, is probably <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/macosx\/features\/timemachine.html\">Time Machine<\/a>, the automatic backup that makes up to date copies of every single thing on your Mac, without you having to worry about a thing. The design of Time Machine and its simplicity, as startling as it may sound, make backing up an exciting task. Yet, for you unlucky people who still haven&#8217;t gotten their hands on a copy of Leopard, saving and storing files is far from being the most thrilling thing you want to be doing on your Mac. I&#8217;ve gathered a few programs that will do the job effectively and will at least make backing up a bit more easier for you. Let&#8217;s check them out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/personal-backup.en.softonic.com\/mac\">Personal Backup<\/a> &#8211; A quick solution to save copies of your files, can even save to any external drive and synchronize two Macs together.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mozy-remote-backup-mac.en.softonic.com\/mac\">Mozy Remote Backup<\/a> &#8211; 2Gb of free online storage to backup your files any time, anywhere so long as you&#8217;re connected.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/superduper.en.softonic.com\/mac\">SuperDuper!<\/a> &#8211; The king of backups, this program has a built in -scheduler that could almost make backups as easy as in Time Machine.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/deja-vu.en.softonic.com\/mac\">Deja Vu<\/a> &#8211; Clone your OS X system disk, mirror the content of folders, and have backups ready in a click.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/backitymac.en.softonic.com\/mac\">BackityMac<\/a> &#8211; Backing up is as easy as checking a file in a list. Great to store files from Mac specific apps like Apple Mail, iCal or iPhoto.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grabback.en.softonic.com\/mac\">GrabBack<\/a> &#8211; Best for making backups on USB flash drives, this application makes sure you&#8217;re never left without a copy of your most important files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most lauded features of Apple&#8217;s new operating system, Leopard, is probably Time Machine, the automatic backup that makes up to date copies of every single thing on your Mac, without you having to worry about a thing. The design of Time Machine and its simplicity, as startling as it may sound, make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/no-time-machine-alternative-backup-tools-for-your-mac\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;No Time Machine? Alternative backup tools for  your Mac&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-3283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336816,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283\/revisions\/336816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=3283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}