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BackTrack 5.0.1 Logs All Text Typed Into All Applications
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A couple of weeks ago, regular readers may recall that I posted an OS X Odyssey blog entitled "Some Musings on Lost Data," in which I related a recent experience of losing more than two hours of work by the fluke of having a document open in two versions of Tex Edit Plus simultaneously (Classic and OS X), and saving an earlier edit over over the painstakingly composed and finished version.
I ended up having to rewrite the column I had been working on, but if I had had a cool little shareware utility called BackTrack running, reconstructing the piece would have been a much easier and less time-consuming task.
BackTrack brings Mac users a hugher level of data safety by logging all text that is typed for all applications. The log includes the application name, window name, date & time, and how long the window was the front window. BackTrack is a useful safety utility for all Mac users using Mac OS 10.5 or greater. Still using OS 10.4? BackTrack 4 for OS 10.4. is still available and supported.
For example, suppose you're working on a MS Word document, you haven't saved the document for awhile, and Word crashes. Normally you would have lost all the text you typed since your last save, however, since the text is also in the BackTrack file, the text you typed has been saved. Simply copy the text from BackTrack to the clipboard, and paste it onto your Word document. Another example, you sent an email two weeks ago, and you're not sure what was in the message. Since you delete all email over a week old, you can't find the email message in your email application. What to do? Simply search the BackTrack file for the day you wrote the message.
New in version 5.0.1:
• Now Logs screenshots as well! Either the entire desktop, or just the topmost window
• Many bugs fixes and minor improvements
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.5 or later (BackTrack 4 requires OS 10.4 or later).
System Support:
PPC/Intel
$15.00 Shareware
For more information, visit:
http://www.modesittsoftware.com/Products/BackTrack/index.html
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