BackupMan 2.2 (for Palm OS)
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Compatible with: Treo 600, Treo 650
Licence: Shareware
Category: Home >> File Management >> Security and Backup
Last updated: 18 Jan, 2007
Author: Bits n Bolts Software
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Note for Treo 650 users: Please see the developer's site for known compatibility issues. In preliminary testing the Sprint PCS Treo 650 system update (ROM v1.08 / PalmOS 5.4.7) appears to address all "Out of Memory" and crashing issues as well as providing other benefits for Treo 650 users. The developers suggest all customers upgrade to this new release of the Treo system software
lisarosenbaum: I've had BackupMan for quite awhile - version 2.3 is available - Used it on my 650 and am now using it on my Centro - only problem I get is trying to understand which files go with which applications - which is reallly a Palm thing - really works well!
shagger: v 2.2 - Does a nice job with the backup. However, I have a 700p on Verizon and this DOES cause a reset after the backup. I have NOT found a backup program that doesn't reset it. ARRGGGGHHH!!!!!
cthompgh: v 2.1 - ONLY Backup App that worked with my Treo 700p without resetting it. Resco & Backupbuddy reset it. Simple to understand and use-Many improvements and Features from v 1.xx that I used on my Treo 600-Finally a company that understands the new File system on the treo 700p-2 Thumbs Up !
linuxsense: Just what I wanted!
Works very well for me on my 650. Well worth the price. I have been using the Palm OS since Handspring came out with the Visor and this is my favorite backup software to date.
temoore: I think the upgrade pricing is out of line. I bought in May, 2005 (less than a year ago). They will only give me a 30% discount on the current version. This represents a 70% cost per year of the software for upgrades, which is way out of line. May look at alternatives, don't want to support this philosophy.
gt5l: updates should be free when no major revisions have been made and that is the case for v2
Joad: ***NOW IT ENCRYPTS BACKUPS!!!***
Finally, Backupman has pulled ahead of all competition by taking care of it's one major weakness. Even the GUI has been improved. For an extremely fair $10 bucks it should be a mandatory purchase for every Palm user.
lerudit: Very good stuff, really. I would give 10, if
1. the hourly backup allows freely starting any given time, rather than starting from now;
2. the auto generate filename use format such as '20051213', so that they would sort better;
3. a bigger file window to see more files a time, the backup and schedule buttons don't have to be so big really.
Southpaw018: Boy...that "Note for Treo 650 users" is a heck of a kicker. If it works, it's a beautiful program well worth the $10. As for me...I got the random reset error while backing up and not only did it create a garbled undeleteable file on my SD card, it also somehow destroyed my Unsaved Preferences. Highly, highly recommmend against if you're using a 650.
rgeorges: Awesome backup program . Works flawlessly. I love the automatic unattended backup feature. I could have used it many times. I never used to remember to back up regularly. Only $10.
Changes and Updates since v2.1:
- Added option to extract a backup set's contents to a folder on the expansion card
- Added option to Tools->Advanced menu to automatically clear NVFS cache after backup completes
- Added option to Tools->Advanced menu to manually clear NVFS cache
- Added option to Tools->Advanced menu to remove deleted records in PIM databases (can be used to fix some situations where HotSync will freeze after a restore)
- Moved verify database timestamps to Tools->Advanced menu
- When performing a full restore the device's date and time is now set to the date and time of the backup set being restored. This prevents a possible situation that can delete backup sets from the expansion card when the date is reset.
- Fixed issue where manually deleting a backup set would not delete the corresponding log file
- Fixed problem in differiential backups that could cause a file to be skipped for a day
- BackupMan will once again circumvent device security to run backups even if the device is "Off and Locked"
- Corrupt Backup sets will now show on the main screen in a different color to indicate they are not restorable
- Backup Sets created with v1.x will now show on the main screen in a different color to indicate they are not restorable
- Added icons to backups set names indicating if they were scheduled (part of the rotation) or if they are encrypted
- Added rename command to menu
- Added Remove from Rotation command to menu
- Changed backup list to sort down from most recent backup, not in alphabetical order
- If an application requests a soft reset after an individual file restore you will now be prompted to perform the reset
- Restoring Saved Preferences will no longer cause BackupMan to forget it's settings and schedules
- Backup After Running dialog is now properly sorted by application name
- Set-specific menu functions will no longer be shown if a set is not selected
- Fixed bug where card insert/removal during an arm native application could cause the system to reset
- Fixed problem where you could not set BackupMan to backup on an hourly schedule with more than 9 hours between backups
- Fixed UI display problems with Backup After Running... Dialog
- Fixed possible issue with WiFi after device restoration on the TX
- Changed required battery level for automated backups from 10% to 20%
- BackupMan will once again accept 2 digits in the "Every X Hours" field
- Miscellaneous user interface consistancy improvements
- Added timestamp verification function to preferences menu
- 68k-based devices (OS4) can no longer use encryption
- BackupMan no longer asks to activate a card if it is not the currently running application
- BackupMan will now respect the daily start and stop times in all circumstances
- Backup at power-off will no longer loop forever if there no activated card is found
- Fixed a problem where certain files marked read-only were being exlcuded from Backups on NVFS devices
- Fixed rare problem where file modification/creation dates could cause a file to be quietly skipped during all backup operations
- Changed behavior of "Turn off after Backup" to not effect backups triggered because an application was exiting
- Changed button positioning on Restore Individual Files, Backup Exclusions and Backup After Running screens in landscape mode
- Removed limit of 9 automated backups sets in rotation
- Fixed a problem that could cause backupman to think that a hard reset occurred when it hadn't
- Fixed potential crash bug in Restore Individual Files, Backup Exclusions, and Backup After Running screens
- BackupMan will no longer crash when setting a schedule with the virtual graffiti area hidden
- Fixed a bug preventing auto-power off from working after automated backups
Important Information for users of BackupMan v1.x
Delete any previous installations of BackupMan on your device prior to installing v2. We strongly suggest using the built-in application launcher's delete facility.
Backup sets created with v1.x are NOT compatible with BackupMan v2.x.
BackupMan 2.x requires a new license and a new registration code.
v1.54:
- Worked around 0x0217 open file problem on Tungsten T:E2 and LifeDrive
- Added support for palmOne Tungsten E2
- Changed Device Info to use MB as a size unit when appropriate
- Fixed problem that prevented correct determination of free "RAM" NVFS devices when a very small amount of data was present on device
- Worked around several bugs in the Treo 650/Tungsten T5 device, please see our website for further information on these devices
- Added generic exclusion for file open and corrupt errors
- Removed the option to include old PIM databases. 3rd Party PIM authors now have a better solution that rendered this option obsolete
- Fixed display problem with filenames during individual file restore
BackupMan provides the following benefits:
- Designed from the ground up for PalmOS 5 devices
- Fully automated backup solution
- Fast backup solution! up to 10MB per minute backup speed
- Simple easy-to-use interface
- Can store multiple days of backup sets on a single card
- Multiple schedules ensure your backup is as current as you need
- Daily backups can be scheduled to backup your Palm-Powered handheld at a specific time of the day
- Hourly backups can be enabled to ensure your backup is always current throughout your day
- Backups can be triggered after each HotSync operation to ensure your latest conduit-based data is always up to date
- Scheduled backups can be enabled or disabled on specific days of the week
- Allows restore of complete device, or just a few files
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