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BackupLoupe

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BackupLoupe is an alternative GUI for Time Machine. At its core it provides a Finder-like interface where you get to select a snapshot and it will show you what has been backed up.

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  • Mac
Find the space hogs BackupLoupe shows you which files take up the most space in an instant. Scanned snapshots are color-coded so you can tell the big ones from the small. Select a snapshot and the browser view will list all items that have been backed up ordered by size in descending order.
Stop searching. Find! BackupLoupe provides a fast search facility. Just enter (a part) of the file name you are looking for and BackupLoupe will return a list of matching items immediately. You can limit the scope of the search by backup device and machine, if you want. Or search only specific snapshots. Use QuickLook to peek inside found files.
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Predict the future Well, not quite. But based on the information BackupLoupe has collected from your backups it can tell you how much data has been backed up per hour/day/week. And knowing how much space is left on you backup device BackupLoupe can make an educated guess about when your backup device will fill up.
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  • Developed by

    DE flagsoma-zone

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0.

  • Alternatives

    1 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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BackupLoupe was added to AlternativeTo by somazone on Nov 17, 2010 and this page was last updated Apr 20, 2019.

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Finally a usable Time Machine user interface

What is BackupLoupe?

With BackupLoupe you are able to answer questions like

  • Why is Time Machine so slow?
  • Why is my Time Machine drive already full?
  • Which files are actually being backed up?
  • Has a particular file/folder been backed up at all?
  • How many revisions of a file/folder exist in Time Machine?
  • A file/folder was deleted accidentally. When did this happen and where is the latest backup?
  • Is my backup drive big enough? Should I consider buying a larger one? And if yes, when?

In addition BackupLoupe provides intuitive ways to restore any item backed up by Time Machine to any location or exclude directories from future backups.

Features:

  • Quickly identify the items which take up the most space
  • History: Show how many versions of an item are available and when they were saved; Quick navigation between versions
  • Integration with other applications via System Services: Click on an item in Finder to find all its revisions
  • Drag&Drop restore items to any location
  • Finder / Path Finder integration (Reveal, Info)
  • QuickLook support
  • Support for Growl notifications; Automatically receive notifications about unusually small/large snapshots
  • Provides extensive statistics about backups
  • Instant identification of file type while browsing
  • Open files directly without restoring them first
  • Find function, which works without the backup drive being connected
  • Browse backups while the backup device is not connected
  • Exclude items from future backups on the fly (without opening TM preferences)
  • Handles multiple Time Machine disks
  • Handles backups in non-standard locations

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