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From: The New Guy on 3 Oct 2007 13:50 So I've got about 10 folders that I want to backup. You'd think that some program would allow me to say "Backup folder 1 to 10". And back it up if its been changed, deleted or added since the last backup. I think this is called incremental backup. Anyway, I guess I'm one of the few people that do not use Apple's designated folder system as I find it time wasting to be scrolling through many columns to get where I want. All my working folders are in the first column to the right of the hard drive they are in. I never use "Users, Documents, My Folders, Etc). My folders are in the same column that Users are in. But the problem seems to be that Backup software wants to only backup stuff in the User's folder area. Or did I miss something? Is there any software that will listen to the user and allow me to pick which folders I want to back up and then keep backing them up incrementally from now on not touching the system or user folders at all? If my system has some major crash, I WANT to reload the operating system for a fresh start. Later I'll backup all the Applications with their corresponding Preferences. But I don't want to bother with the System Files. Is this even possible without going all Unix and writing scripts? Why is it so complicated? 1: What folders do you want to backup? 2: What kind of backup do you want? (Incremental is what most people want). 3: Where do you want to backup this stuff to? (External hard drive.....duh.) So simple. Who is listening?
From: The New Guy on 3 Oct 2007 13:59 > > New Guy <replytogroup(a)here.thanks> wrote: > > Or did I miss something? > Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: > Oh, I'd say so... Well that was a lightning fast reply. So what did I miss? I'd love to get this working properly with either SuperDuper, Retrospect or Silverkeeper. If I need something else, I'll get that too. Suggestions would be most valuable.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 3 Oct 2007 14:21 On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:50:12 -0400, The New Guy wrote (in article <replytogroup-F737C4.12501203102007(a)news.lga.highwinds-media.com>): > So I've got about 10 folders that I want to backup. You'd think that > some program would allow me to say "Backup folder 1 to 10". And back > it up if its been changed, deleted or added since the last backup. I > think this is called incremental backup. I can think of three Apple's Backup SilverKeeper Retrospect Express. > > Anyway, I guess I'm one of the few people that do not use Apple's > designated folder system as I find it time wasting to be scrolling > through many columns to get where I want. All my working folders are > in the first column to the right of the hard drive they are in. I > never use "Users, Documents, My Folders, Etc). My folders are in the > same column that Users are in. But the problem seems to be that > Backup software wants to only backup stuff in the User's folder area. Err, no. That's the default, but it can be changed. > Or did I miss something? Is there any software that will listen to > the user and allow me to pick which folders I want to back up and then > keep backing them up incrementally from now on not touching the system > or user folders at all? See above. > If my system has some major crash, I WANT to > reload the operating system for a fresh start. Later I'll backup all > the Applications with their corresponding Preferences. But I don't > want to bother with the System Files. Is this even possible without > going all Unix and writing scripts? Yes. > Why is it so complicated? It's not. > 1: What folders do you want to backup? > 2: What kind of backup do you want? (Incremental is what most people > want). > 3: Where do you want to backup this stuff to? (External hard > drive.....duh.) > So simple. Who is listening? Many vendors. You don't seem to be looking in the correct places. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 3 Oct 2007 14:27 On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:59:28 -0400, The New Guy wrote (in article <replytogroup-222844.12592803102007(a)news.lga.highwinds-media.com>): >>> New Guy <replytogroup(a)here.thanks> wrote: >>> Or did I miss something? > >> Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: >> Oh, I'd say so... > > Well that was a lightning fast reply. So what did I miss? I'd love > to get this working properly with either SuperDuper, Retrospect or > Silverkeeper. If I need something else, I'll get that too. > Suggestions would be most valuable. It's simplicity in itself with SilverKeeper. Hint: my normal SilverKeeper backup setup backs up certain folders from inside my home directory (including my Mail folder) and certain folders from outside my home directory and certain folders from other volumes all to one particular volume. I set up the process by launching SilverKeeper, selecting New Set from the left menu, selecting the folder I wanted backed up, selecting the volume I wanted it backed up to, and saving the selection and moving on. It took me under 3 minutes to set up my backups. And that included time for the other hard drives to spin up from sleep so that I could select stuff on them. I'd say that you missed a lot if you can't make SilverKeeper do what you say you want it to do. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 3 Oct 2007 14:32
On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:22:40 -0400, Mike Rosenberg wrote (in article <1i5evui.1vg0ip81frsjbwN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>): > The New Guy <replytogroup(a)here.thanks> wrote: > >> Well that was a lightning fast reply. So what did I miss? I'd love >> to get this working properly with either SuperDuper, Retrospect or >> Silverkeeper. > > It's really hard to know what you missed since none of those programs in > any way have the limitation you described. > > Retrospect in particular can do _anything_ you want so long as it has something to do with backing up or restoring from a backup... it's just not the easiest app in the world to use. On the other hand, if SilverKeeper isn't the easiest app in the world to use it's in the top ten. It's not as powerful as Retro, but then you don't need to be a pro sysadmin to use it. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com. |