This release provides a "Fast Backup" option, to speed backups at the expense of losing collision detection and report generation. Clicking the arrow now swaps source and destination paths. Calculation of free disk space on large volumes is more reliable. The report window now correctly handles text greater than 32K by telling you so, instead of producing a blank view. Further incompatibilities caused by certain 3rd party system extensions have been resolved.
What is SwitchBack?
SwitchBack is a utility program that synchronises two folders, so that both folders have a copy of the most recent version of their files. The two folders can reside on the same volume, on two different volumes, or indeed on two different computers connected by a network.
It has been designed principally for those people with two computers (especially desktop and PowerBook) who need to ensure that they have the most recent version of their documents available to them.
It also functions well as a simple backup utility for people with one computer. For example, a folder residing on your main hard disk can be linked to a folder residing on a floppy disk.
Installing On-line Help
To install on-line help (including balloon help for System 7) you need to include the “SwitchBack Help” file in the same folder as the SwitchBack application. If you do not wish to use balloon help or have the on-line help available, simply remove the file “SwitchBack Help” from the folder that SwitchBack is in.
