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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / October 2007Backup: Time Machine - No; ChronoSync - Yes
So, not trusting Time Machine anymore I've decided to use ChronoSync to backup my Home directory to the external drive that should have been for TM. I've used ChronoSync for years, but just to sync a laptop with a desktop. I've set up ChronoSync to copy one way from my MacBook Pro to an external drive. It's set up to: Synchronise Deletions (move deleted items to an archive on the external disk) Archive changed files on the external disk Keep a least the 10 latest copies of any files in Archive folders Purge archived files older than 500 days So If I continue to sync the laptop and desktop, and do a one way sync from the laptop to the external drive in work, I'll have 3 copies of my data, with copies in a least 2 locations. ChronoSync was $30 well spent I think. Ian  SignatureIan Robinson, Belfast, UK <http://www.canicula.com/wp/> > I've set up ChronoSync to copy one way from my MacBook Pro to an > external drive. It's set up to: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Keep a least the 10 latest copies of any files in Archive folders > Purge archived files older than 500 days That's pretty much what I do already, over a network (to a desperately slow LaCie Ethernet Disk mini). Daniele > That's pretty much what I do already, over a network (to a desperately > slow LaCie Ethernet Disk mini). Has it ever done anything weird? Ian SignatureIan Robinson, Belfast, UK <http://www.canicula.com/wp/> >> That's pretty much what I do already, over a network (to a desperately >> slow LaCie Ethernet Disk mini). > > Has it ever done anything weird? I tried it, and it kept falling over, so I sent it back. MST > > That's pretty much what I do already, over a network (to a desperately > > slow LaCie Ethernet Disk mini). > > Has it ever done anything weird? Frequently. It won't connect to a time server, so it forgets the time and date, and as a result occasionally files all end up with the wrong timestamp. This has caused Chronosynch to decide that it has to to copy over 180GB of files, all over again. Sometimes, its AFS configuration becomes corrupt, causing it to wreck the shares it is suposed to be looking after. This has happened often enough that I have worked out a way of recovering from the problem without recopying everything. There are a few other odd little irritations, but I can't tell whether they're the fault of the device or of Mac OS X's dreadful local networking/file-sharing reliability. Daniele > > That's pretty much what I do already, over a network (to a desperately > > slow LaCie Ethernet Disk mini). > > Has it ever done anything weird? It wears Daniele's clothes when he's not around. Is that weird? -z- SignatureNo 3G. Fewer megapixels than an N95. Lame. > So, not trusting Time Machine anymore I've decided to use ChronoSync to > backup my Home directory to the external drive that should have been [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Ian Thanks for that - I can't believe I've been using ChronoSync for so long without realising that it will do incremental backups by archiving deletions _and_ changes. All those hours wasted with bash scripts... It's very reassuring having incremental backups buzzing away every hour when you've taken a week 'off work' to ... work at home. (Still can't believe that the water board chose this week to replace the water main outside my flat though). > (Still can't believe that the water board chose this week to replace the > water main outside my flat though). A week? The B******s took 8 weeks to replace the main in our road (4 weeks blocking off one half then 4 weeks for the other) and there are only 12 houses in it. Dave > So, not trusting Time Machine anymore I've decided to use ChronoSync to > backup my Home directory to the external drive that should have been [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > ChronoSync was $30 well spent I think. Yes I use it for my home HD backups too. So far so good over the last few months I've used it. SignatureJon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs. |
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