[Ti] OSX Advice (long)

[Paul Russell]

>RFD wrote:
>
>>When you update or install something on your internal drive, do the same on
>>your external drive to keep them current (but not until you're sure the
>>update or install hasn't caused any problems on the internal drive).
>
>Use your unix tools.
>
>rsync -arvz --delete <source> <destination>
>run from a daily cron job is quite effective for mirroring data 
>backups.  It is also totally automatic, and if your MTA is 
>functioning correctly, cron will email you a note outlining what 
>took place during the backup job.
>

This may be a little dangerous as rsync doesn't handle resource forks 
properly. It's probably better to use ditto or psync. And for those 
who prefer a GUI, Carbon Copy Cloner is a GUI wrapper on top of 
ditto/psync.

Paul

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