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Genie Timeline 2013 Home Edition is a backup/restore tool available to home users with a stunning new metro style interface. Continuous update releases are available for the life time of the product to provide complete, seamless and reliable backups and restores. The new edition is faster, richer in features and easier to use. Timeline can backup a wide selection of data types twice as fast as the first edition and does not get in your way. Genie Timeline is lightweight and effortless. With a 3-step setup wizard, Timeline is ready to work on its own without any user intervention. Install, configure to your preference, and you're done! It seamlessly backs up your data in the background working as a parallel universe with computing history where deleted & backed up files can be retrieved easily by a click of a button. With its intelligent Continuous Data Protection (CDP) the Timeline periodically creates backups of your files. Genie Timeline 2012 saves you time and space by using the Incremental Block Level new technology that backs up the changes made within the file. Genie Timeline also applies internal deduplication to eliminate mutiple copies of files stored on mutiple locations in the backup. Genie Timeline aims for your complete system protection; therefore, it intelligently recognizes backup drives on your machine so you can choose which drive to backup to. For extra convenience, you can just plug'n backup; without worrying if the drive letter changed, because Genie Timeline detects the backup location and resumes backup! You can easily get a clear picture and understand the details of what is being backed up with Genie Timeline's Backup Breakdown; an informative chart that displays the distribution of data types in the backup. Genie Timeline 2012 has some award winning features such as features such Disaster Recovery, encryption, schedule, file retention and much more.
What's new in this version: Version 4.0.1.100:
- Filter Timeline restore view by showing new, modified, deleted, or all
- 3 level protection status.
- Search older backups.
- The ability to rename backup folder.
- Remove deleted files from backup.
- New and Enhanced Interface.
- Enhanced Disaster Recovery engine
- Multiple ... See all new features
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"Way too expensive."
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 3.0.3.300
Pros
Not so much.
Cons
If you want it to work you have to pay every four months on top of the initial buy.
Summary
I have a completely full hard drive of things I wanted and things I didn't but now can't access anything because I didn't want to pay for an upgrade every four months. Every four months! I paid for the first two then when the tri-yearly came along, balked. It stopped working, support stopped supporting, I had to take off the version I went back to, it kept crashing my machine. So now I have a full external hard drive and a handful of money I could have put to much better use. I'm still amazed CNET advertises this.
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"Looks promising but keeps crashing, not reliable!"
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 3.0.1.100
Pros
Quite easy to set up
nice interface
shows with dot what files are backed up(green) and what files not(red)
responsive customer serviceCons
The program gets stuck with one file an keeps trying to back it up.
The backup then pauses and wont work anymore, and then crashes.
The worst thing that you don't get any warning that it stopped backing up. Its continues backup and you trust that it is working, I don't want to have to check every hour(?)if the program is still working.Summary
Potentially a good program, but not reliable at all. I don't want to think about the moment I need a backed up file, to discover that the last backup was 3 days ago.
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"Good concept, but the software misses it's target goals"
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 3.0.1.200
Pros
It DOES perform a timeline backup.
Backup DOES work without much disturbance.
It's concept allows for simplicity and user friendliness.
Genie provides good end-user support.
Nice user interface.Cons
It is a very dangerous tool. It does not a good job, due to the following reasons:
- When you have multiple users on the same PC, it will only perform a backup of the files of the user the backup is installed for.
- Intelligent backup is dangerous. It will only backup the files with the extensions you request. The list of extensions is not complete.
- As a result, it consumes your backup drive space with files you don't want. Intelligent backup works for ALL your connected drives, even the xTB drives which you don't want to have included.
- There is an 'exclude from backup' function in the tool, but it is hidden, not user friendly.
- Recover sometimes fails for a number of files without reason. The tool crashes when recovering, and you have to restart.
- The "system recovery" option does not do a good job, and it is VERY SLOW.
- Files are spread out over the backup library between the "intelligent backup", and the "selective backup". ConfusingSummary
I am a registered user for 2 years, and have purchased 3 licenses. I would advise to consider very well the cons when doing a backup.
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"Watch out if you already paid for the Home 2.0 version"
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 3.0.1.200
Pros
* Fairly easy install.
* Database conversion from Home 2.0 to 2012 took awhile but executed okay.Cons
* Slowed down my aging XP considerably.
* Couldn't prove it, but seemed to the source of occasional crashes, both the Home 2.0 version and the 2012 version.
* After downloading & installing the 2012 version, Genie wanted to pick my pocket for the pleasure of the "upgrade". Nothing on CNET indicated the differential cost of moving to 2012 for previous ownerns of Home 2.0
* Not sure how (or if?) I can downgrade / retro back to Home 2.0 if I don't want to pay for the upgrade to 2012.Summary
Be careful about downloading the newest version of Genie's products. Without advising you they will want you to pay for the new version even if you purchased the Home 2.0 version.
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"Reliable continuous backup"
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 2.1.13.345
Pros
Provides continuous backup of selected folders, email etc.
Cons
None that I have found
Summary
I have used the home version for several years and enjoy the confidence it provides.
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"Closest thing to Time Machine on the PC"
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 2.1.11.343
Pros
Easy interface, set and forget, reliable backups
Cons
slows down start-up time, though backups use minimal resources themselves
Summary
worth it over windows 7 backup - significantly faster and more options.
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"I didn't use this, Mozy offered more of what I want"
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 2.1.8.340
Pros
looks like an excellent product
Cons
unknown to me
Summary
I did not try this, but would recommend to my grand daughter for her small backup
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"Great product"
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 2.1.7.329
Pros
How easy it is to get stuff back when something went to he.l
Cons
Can't find anything
Summary
It easy to install and set up.
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"does nothing really new"
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 2.1.7.329
Pros
good idea 123
Cons
the idea is good but does not work in practice slows down my machine quite a bit when it is running a backup
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"Backup software with "timeline" avant-garde feature."
Version: Genie Timeline Home 2013 2.1.6.321
Pros
"Timeline" feature which allows you to restore multiple time versions of a given file or folder,a beautiful interface,ease of use,powerful features,low or unnoticeable use of system resources and trustworthy backups plus excellent customer support.
Cons
I don't like processes running in the background interfering with resources---although I have to be frank that I have not noticed any appreciable use with Genie Timeline.
Summary
Genie Timeline Home 2.1 is not your everyday backup software, it has a unique feature un found in the competition and that is the ability to monitor your chosen backup files on a continuous basis and it has the "GenieTimeline" restore feature by which through a simple inter phase you can literally choose the time and date of a file you wish to restore, "that's like a magic restore".
All the above, plus much, much more gives this vanguard option unprecedented value and functionality not found in the competition.
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