What is Rewind 1.2?

If we had a dollar for each time we mistakenly deleted a document or saved over an older version, we would have raised enough funds to buy Power On Software’s Rewind. Rewind can store almost anything — from a snapshot of a single file to a copy of your entire system.

Rewind not only stores copies of deleted files on your hard drive, it also stores earlier versions of saved files. Recovering an archived file is easy: Just select it and press the Rewind button. The program records your system’s history as a series of events (such as system startups and application launches), and can rewind your system to any one of these events.

The search features let you find stored files by name, date, or type of event; however, the program ignores all items in subfolders. Rewind creates a bootable virtual diskof your System Folder as well as any diagnostic programs it finds. At the touch of a key, you can boot your Mac from this emergency disk.

Rewind has one major caveat: It requires 5 percent of your hard disk to run smoothly. Running out of space can leave you dealing with system crashes and program errors. Version 1.1 should alleviate this problem.

If you often run into a situation where you need to recover files, Rewind is definitely worth a look. Just remember to give it enough breathing room on your hard drive.

Shuchat-Marx, Mark. (April 2001). Rewind. MacAddict. (pg. 59).

Download Rewind 1.2 for Mac

Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 8.1

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver