HELIOS Software GmbH has released for free download <A HREF="http://www.helios.de/news/news07/N_01_07.phtml">a Mac Intel compatible version</A> of its backup tool HELIOS Xtar.

As a developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions, HELIOS Software is able to ensure reliable transfers of Mac meta data (Finder and resource information) between different platforms. Now HELIOS passes on its accumulated development experience to the Open Source community in the form of the free Xtar tool, which is basically the UNIX "tar" program extended by HELIOS to include full Mac OS X (PPC/Intel) compatibility.