#GRSYNC FOR MAC PRO#
#GRSYNC FOR MAC MAC#

My photo library is encroaching on 1.5TB, and I couldn't find a way of getting backintime to do a folder diff, then copy only what changed into one folder structure. I really like the look of the comparison tool also - that seems like a powerful way of doing a diff check before I do a backup in case I lost something on the 'left' that I didn't mean to.ДЄndyMH - thanks, I still think there's room to use timeshift and backintime, but for my use case for this external safe dive I need a folder comparison / copy tool rather than a snapshot tool. Seems very similar to the iBackup tool I was using. A file sync tool that allows multiple sources to one destination. Mikeflan - This (FreeFileSync) looks exactly what I am looking for. It's what I did when I first started, but then found timeshift/backintime and they did everything I wanted. You could write your own scripts to drive rsync the way you want. Your #3 could be met with another profile in backintime. I don't understand what your problem is with backintime - it does what you want - if anything on the source is deleted, the destination files are kept - they are in the snapshot before you deleted the files, just setup the options on the auto-remove tab never to delete anything. I also have multiple profiles in backintime (I only backup my VMs monthly). Use an ext4 filesystem.Д«ackintime will save to another filesystem but is more space efficient with a linux filesystem (hardlinks). I suspect your other drive/partition is formatted either ntfs or fat. Your problem with timeshift is that the destination must be a linux filesystem (for support of all linux file attributes). Timeshift and backintime run automatically on a daily basis (bit over the top for timeshift).

I use timeshift and backintime, both saving snapshots to a separate internal removable drive. Ideally I could replace 2b) and 3) with one tool and be able to add more source folders over time. Annoyingly I can't set the path to another drive, so it resides on my system drive.ДЄ) I have one profile to copy my home folder to my permanently attached ZFS poolД«) I have another profile to copy my home folder + monthly snapshot from Timeshift to my externally removable drive for the safeДЈ - Grsync - I then have grsync set up to copy my photo library from my ZFS pool to my externally removable drive for the safe Some more background on my current backup strategy:ДЎ - I am using Timeshift to do a system backup. I don't think I can set up Back In Time this way, so any recommendations for a more powerful grsync? I just want whatever is on the source folders to be copied to the destination drive, and if anything on the source is deleted, the destination files are kept. I don't need snapshots, which is what I believe Back In Time is for. Question: I have set up a few tools, but need some pointers to a better version of grsync as I would like a utility that support rsync of files for my photo library and home folder to my external drive to stick in the safe.

#GRSYNC FOR MAC MAC#

This would back up my mac home folder and entire photo library (the latter is 1.5TB) to an external disk I could keep in a safe or off-site. On my Mac I was used to using two types of backup utlities, which would both backup to one drive that I could stick in my fireproof safe:Дў - iBackup (grapefruit.ch), which was a great rsync utility to copy (not snapshot) from multiple source folders to a destination folder. At the bottom of this thread I have a stop-gap) The migration is complete and last step is the important backup process.

#GRSYNC FOR MAC PRO#

I am finally migrating my Mac Pro to Linux and have landed with Mint. (Background: I'm new to Mint, been a long time distro-hopper since 2012 out of curiosity / running a few old laptops for the kids.

Grsync for mac