[X-Newbies] Re: Backing Up Files

Charles Martin chasm at mac.com
Sun Jun 29 19:31:59 PDT 2008


> From: Christopher Collins <maclist at analogdigital.com.au>
>
> I need to backup 2 hard disks to a single hard disk for a client. We
> have looked at all the backup programs and have settled on rsync
> because it will give us a readable copy of the files that we need to
> backup.
>
> Now in Windows, I would create a batch file with the command I want
> and then use the inbuilt scheduler to run it at a specified time.
>
> How do I do the same on a Mac?


SuperDuper.

http://www.shirtpocket.com

Costs $24. Uses rsync (is actually just a very well-written GUI  
wrapper for it). MUCH easier to work with, schedule, edit, etc.

<chuckles> command line to do a backup ... that's soooo Windows for  
ya ...

Cheers
Chas


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