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Deja Vu for Mac

Effortless backup and cloning utility.

$29.00
In English
Version 5.5.2
3.7
Based on 26 user rates

Deja Vu overview

Deja Vu offers an intuitive and reliable way to back up your data. It's a preference pane that shows up in your System Preferences, and it allows you to schedule unattended backups of important folders, or even your entire system.

With Deja Vu, you can:

  • Backup an unlimited number of folders.
  • Accurately clone your OS X system disk, producing a bootable copy.
  • Perform backups manually at the click of a button, or schedule them to run whenever it's convenient for you. Backups may be scheduled on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, and may be performed even when you aren't logged in.
  • Save time by backing up only the files that have changed since the last backup.
  • Perform backups over a network. Deja Vu can even automatically connect to remote servers at backup time!
  • Mirror the contents of folders. Files which have been deleted from the source folder can optionally be deleted from the destination folder as well.
  • Keep your system in good health by automatically repairing your disk permissions before backing up.

Deja Vu has been localized for English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, and Finnish.

What’s new in version 5.5.2

Version 5.5.2:
  • Handle new error message caused by latest macOS update

Deja Vu for Mac

$29.00
In English
Version 5.5.2
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3.7

(58 Reviews of Deja Vu)

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Mredrup
Mredrup
Jan 27 2021
5.5.2
1.0
Jan 27 2021
1.0
Version: 5.5.2
I used to work but since upgrading to 5.2.2 it will no longer do a backup to an Apple Airport Disk ( I have tried more than one) it gives an HFS+ compression error. I have contacted Propaganda Productions support several times about the error and have never received even the courtesy of a reply - beware if you upgrade and have any issues support for it doesn't exist. This will be my last upgrade with this company.
benam
benam
Oct 26 2018
5.1.5
4.5
Oct 26 2018
4.5
Version: 5.1.5
For my needs, the best and simplest backup solution for macOS. I use Time Machine as well, but Deja Vu has served me well for much longer, and it does things that Time Machine cannot, like making a weekly bootable clone of my hard drive. I am happy to see the new version.
Propaganda_Productions
Propaganda_Productions
Oct 8 2018
5.1.1
0.0
Oct 8 2018
0.0
Version: 5.1.1
We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has used and supported Deja Vu over the many years of its existence. Naturally, we have had our ups and downs along the way. We have made mistakes. On the other hand, we have successfully kept Deja Vu running on every system since Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). We believe that a sensible person will recognize that this requires a certain level of commitment and reliability. Where we have fallen short, we will continually strive to be better. Deja Vu 5 represents the better part of a year's worth of development. We have changed a lot of code that had remained unchanged for a decade or more. We tried to reimagine how Deja Vu could be, and we tore down and rebuilt things which had been bothering us for a long time. Whether you have been with us since the beginning, or whether you are just discovering Deja Vu for the first time, we invite you to download Deja Vu 5 and give it a try. See what you think. And if, after consulting the resources on our Support page (https://propagandaprod.com/support.html), you still have any problems or questions, please do contact us, and we will do our best to try to help you. Thank you!
mrsidoric
mrsidoric
Aug 31 2018
5.0
0.0
Aug 31 2018
0.0
Version: 5.0
Wish I could trust the developer on continued support and not gouging existing users with 'upgrades' to fix known issues. As a longtime user, I gave up when the developer lost interest. It would take much better license restrictions and pricing to bring me back. That's a shame because it was an good program – just poorly managed.
Bob Jacobson
Bob Jacobson
Feb 22 2016
4.8.5
4.5
Feb 22 2016
4.5
Version: 4.8.5
I like Deja Vu in its current version. It's effortless and effective. But one thing to remember: cull and curate your files saved by Deja Vu! I didn't and found 250 MB of duplicate videos, originally downloaded from YouTube onto my Desktop, stashed in a nondescript Movies folder in Documents. Needless to say, it was slowing my MBP down, badly. I culled the files, deletiing most, and disabled Deja Vu for that purpose. Now everything is hunky-dory. Don't know about the pricing. I don't remember paying $30.
Mredrup
Mredrup
Jan 27 2021
1.0
Jan 27 2021
1.0
Version: null
Freenergy
Freenergy
Mar 3 2019
5.0
Mar 3 2019
5.0
Version: null
benam
benam
Oct 26 2018
4.5
Oct 26 2018
4.5
Version: null
Usefulmisfit
Usefulmisfit
Sep 10 2017
3.0
Sep 10 2017
3.0
Version: null
Bob Jacobson
Bob Jacobson
Feb 22 2016
4.5
Feb 22 2016
4.5
Version: null
dwp-1
dwp-1
Sep 30 2015
2.5
Sep 30 2015
2.5
Version: null
Michigan-Jim
Michigan-Jim
Feb 13 2013
4.5
Feb 13 2013
4.5
Version: null
Jimmy-D
Jimmy-D
Aug 10 2012
2.0
Aug 10 2012
2.0
Version: null
Michael-Vilain
Michael-Vilain
Jul 24 2012
0.5
Jul 24 2012
0.5
Version: null
MorroSteve
MorroSteve
Jul 17 2012
2.0
Jul 17 2012
2.0
Version: null
Stassi
Stassi
Jun 16 2012
5.0
Jun 16 2012
5.0
Version: null
MU-JJ
MU-JJ
Sep 12 2011
2.0
Sep 12 2011
2.0
Version: null
antoniong
antoniong
Aug 1 2011
3.5
Aug 1 2011
3.5
Version: null
nullmaster
nullmaster
Jul 7 2010
2.0
Jul 7 2010
2.0
Version: null
Martyn-Ford
Martyn-Ford
Dec 17 2009
3.0
Dec 17 2009
3.0
Version: null
Tapper
Tapper
Jul 20 2009
5.0
Jul 20 2009
5.0
Version: null
Md07
Md07
Nov 8 2007
5.0
Nov 8 2007
5.0
Version: null
Jagooah
Jagooah
Aug 7 2006
4.8
Aug 7 2006
4.8
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Sep 9 2005
4.5
Sep 9 2005
4.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Sep 15 2004
2.3
Sep 15 2004
2.3
Version: null
Ajoe
Ajoe
Mar 6 2004
5.0
Mar 6 2004
5.0
Version: null
Changwei
Changwei
Dec 20 2003
5.0
Dec 20 2003
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Nov 22 2003
4.5
Nov 22 2003
4.5
Version: null
Michael-Welsh
Michael-Welsh
Nov 19 2003
5.0
Nov 19 2003
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Oct 2 2003
5.0
Oct 2 2003
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Dec 8 2002
4.5
Dec 8 2002
4.5
Version: null