Bye bye, Roxio. Retrospect is now own by Retrospect, which is to say the team that develops the product now owns the product. A good thing? The proof will be in the pudding and, as if to emphasize that point, they’ve released a reformulation of the long loved Mac back up solution for workgroups large and small.

Retrospect has announced the release of Retrospect 9, the backup of record for the Mac with a history dating back decades to the before time. Created by Dantz, which was acquired by EMC and eventually sold to Roxio, Retrospect the software was bought out by its developers.

“We’re ecstatic to take on the development and support of Retrospect, and we’re the right team to do it,” said Eric Ullman, co‐founder, Retrospect. “Our teammates average 10 years of experience each with Retrospect products, either as developers or in customer‐facing roles, and the core members have been with the Retrospect product since the early nineties.”

What’s new in Retrospect 9:

• Supports Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
• Back up from or to offsite cloud storage with WebDav capabilities.
• Users quickly back up, restore files on demand without IT support
• Supports Growl
• Detect a failing hard disk and back it up immediately with S.M.A.R.T. Alert Aware notification feature
• Control access to end-user features like marking private files, running an on-demand restore, or stopping a backup that’s in progress with new administrative controls
• Protect servers, business-critical applications, desktops and notebooks with a single, easy to use product

Retrospect 9 pricing starts at $129 for a five user license with upgrades starting $59. Company and corporate (multi-server) version are available, as well.

If you need a taste before you pay, the company offers a 30-day trial version.