[~ot] those pesky invisible folders .. & backups
[~ot] those pesky invisible folders .. & backups
- Subject: [~ot] those pesky invisible folders .. & backups
- From: Ian York <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:51:21 -0500
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:18:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Johnson <email@hidden>
Subject: [~ot] those pesky invisible folders .. & backups
To: AppleScript <email@hidden>
I'm curious what people use for backup. I've been using SilverKeeper,
which came with a LaCloud external fw disk. SilverKeeper runs under
Classic, which I _thought_ was a 'heritage feature' until I started
thinking about permissions and those pesky invisible folders again.
So, "How to back up?" drag&drop? .Mac Backup? (_only_ works with .Mac
accounts? worth $100/yr? etc.) SilverKeeper? OTHER?
I use two approaches. I use Synk (http://www.decimus.net/synk/), to
back things up to external drives. This gives a fairly complete copy,
and has a number of useful features. Recently Synk changed from
Freeware to Shareware, but I'm fairly sure that .edu users can get it
free. I've found synk dependable and cooperative.
I also like to back my $HOME directory to CDs weekly or so. Synk
doesn't work well in this system, so I ended up writing my own
Applescript to back up files that changed since the previous backup,
skipping the Library (since I didn't want to back up cache files and
stuff) and invisibles. I can post the script if you want, though it
uses 24U Appearance (shareware) in the dialogues and for progress bars
and may be otherwise me-centric. It seems to work pretty well, though.
Ian
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Ian York, Ph.D.
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(508) 856-7534 phone
(508) 856-1094 fax
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