iPlayer Automator works on Lion!

[Paul Hopewell]

Hello, 
I have been playing with the free app "Get iPlayer Automator" on Lion 10.7.1 
and have successfully downloaded and played both radio and TV content from the 
BBC. Google "iPlayer Automator" to download it.

There is very little documentation but the following works

First you must change the default preferences. Under General Preferences set 
Proxy to None and choose a download path rather than use the default path. YOu 
might also want to change the types of content which can be downloaded by 
checking the desired boxes for example to add BBC Radio.

Now type a program name into the search string. I tried it with "Horizon" (TV) 
which resulted in several episodes of Horizon being displayed in the search 
results. I chose one of these and then pressed the "Add to queue" button. I 
also tried "Today" (Radio) with similar results.

next go to the Toolbar and press the "Start" button. The requested episode of 
Horizon and Today will start downloading into the folder you specified when you 
chose the download path. 

YOu can then locate the desired episode and press Command+DownArrow to open it 
and presto the episode starts playing!

I have only spent a couple of hours on this and there are several other options 
to be explored. It is all accessible. The provided proxy probably allows users 
outside the UK to download content. Other options suggest you can add a program 
you have located via Safari (for example a program with Audio Description) to 
the download queue. Other options suggest you can arrange to automatically 
download episodes of your favourite programs as they become available. Note 
that I have not tried any of these which might or might not do what their 
titles imply. 

Have fun and keep us posted on anything you learn

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Re: IPhone appfor either xM or Serious

[Chris G]

You get the same number of channels.  127.
There are some that you don't get like live sports.

I also will put my vote in for Music Doc.



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> I have music doc and it works well with Sirius. It is very accessible with vo 
> and you can definitely see all the channels with it. I'm not sure if you get 
> less stations while using music doc than you would using the sirius app.
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> > Hello,
> > I had an app for serious satellite radio but it wouldn’t allow me to 
> > changethe channels. I was wondering if anyone had an app for either sirius 
> > satellite radio or xm   for the Iphone that was accessible with voice over?
> > Thanks in advance.
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Re: Apple TV Second Generation [USB-Micro Interface]

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Micro USB slot on Apple TV 2 is not meant to be used by users, but by
technicians or developers. It can be used to obtain device logs,
install betas, and a few other things (none of which most users will
ever do).

Kevin
On 9/6/11, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith  wrote:
> Hello Vaughn
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> At the risk of being accused of making volcanos out of rabbit holes or
> something similar, I'm going to continue this discussion because it's
> actually quite interesting. Regarding thinking it was a lock connector; that
> is a very easy mistake to make. It looks very much like a Kensington
> security lock from the outside; and if you're blind, it's more than
> excusable that you should overlook it or dismiss it as such. There isn't
> currently any documentation I've seen for the Apple TV which even makes
> reference to the fact that the port exists at all. And you have to look very
> closely at it in order to realise that it is actually an interface connector
> at all. But I'll tell you something else; so here goes with another
> mountain! So the technical boffins we've spoken too tell us, There is no
> reason why Apple couldn't utilise that port for user-level functionality. In
> fact, as I understand it that may very well happen. So if I'm making
> mountains out of molehills, fine, let that mounta
>  in stand. I'm no technical expert and I'd never claim to be. But given how
> much we use our Apple TV, I would be quite interested if Apple did opt to
> make the port user-accessible. It would certainly make life interesting if
> they do.
>
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> like those locks for laptops etc!  Very interesting.
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Re: Dropbox App

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Yes, back a few weeks ago, Dropbox made an update available that works
with OS X Lion. Please obtain it from http://Dropbox.com

It adds:
* Dropbox shortcut menus (available when right clicking or VO-SHIFT-M
on folders/files in Dropbox)
* Voiceover speaks folder/file changes, IE: if a file was added, EG:
test.rtf was added.

Kevin
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> Does anybody happen to know whether there's any update to Dropbox that's out
> of beta and officially works with Lion yet?
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Re: any pdf reading apps out there

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I'm not aware of any other PDF reader, other than Preview and Digital
Editions. Travis and others, I'm very curious to know what else is out
there and works with VoiceOver on OS X Lion to read PDF's?

Kevin
On 9/2/11, krystal watson  wrote:
> its ok problem has been solved they were photoes in a pdf file thanks
> On 02/09/2011, at 9:48 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
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>> What do you mean by preview isn't reading them right.
>> A bit more information could help folks to explain a work around, or (if
>> absolutely necessary) another app.  There are other programs for reading
>> pdf files, but my experience is that rarely are they necessary.
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Re: Recommendations for Word Processing On iPod Touch?

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If you need to work with text documents, .txt, no more, and or less;
Plain Text is a wonderful, intuitive, simple, and great app that has
Dropbox integration. There's an aad-supported and paid version of this
VoiceOver accessible app.

Kevin
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> I want to be able to transfer and work with text files on my iPod Touch.
> Does anyone have recommendations for the best App to use for this?  Thanks
> in advance!
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Re: Recommendations for Word Processing On iPod Touch?

[Desi Noller]

Thanks Kevin!  That sounds like just what I'm looking for!

Desi



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> If you need to work with text documents, .txt, no more, and or less;
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> Dropbox integration. There's an aad-supported and paid version of this
> VoiceOver accessible app.
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>> I want to be able to transfer and work with text files on my iPod Touch.
>> Does anyone have recommendations for the best App to use for this?  Thanks
>> in advance!
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data recovery

[Kristeen Hughes]

I was on the Apple and working with a folder across the network on my PC. I 
accidentally deleted a portion of the folder before i could stop the process. 
Does anyone know if there is any way possible I can recover that data?I haven't 
done anything else to the hard drive since the deletion.


Kristeen Hughes
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Re: any pdf reading apps out there

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On Sep 9, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Kevin Chao wrote:


I'm not aware of any other PDF reader, other than Preview and Digital
Editions. Travis and others, I'm very curious to know what else is out
there and works with VoiceOver on OS X Lion to read PDF's?
I don't know about Lion specifically, but there are a number of other  
pdf readers.

softcon pdf viewer (http://mac.softcon.com/softconpdfviewer.dmg)
This was written for tiger, because the tiger pdf viewer couldn't do  
a continuous page view, I.E. tell vo to read continuously, and have  
it do so w/o having to change pages at the end of each one, so the  
softcon pdf viewer was released to allow this capability.  However,  
it hasn't been updated since, so no clue if it will work on lion or not.



Skim (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/)
It not only works on later versions of osx (including leopard), but  
is fully vo accessible.  It also comes with source (if you so desire)  
so that you can see how it works, and change it if you see fit).

Adobe reader can be had at: http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

I've not used it, but I hear it's not as accessible as preview, but  
supposedly handles pdfs preview doesn't, though I've never run across  
a pdf preview didn't handle that wasn't an image of real pages, so in  
my personal opinion, this one isn't necessary, but there it is for  
those who want to try it.


Pdf clerk is in the app store, you can find a version for download  
at: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/27168/pdfclerk-pro

You can hit the developer's site at: http://sintraworks.com/
I have no idea if this app is accessible or not, so someone else will  
need to try this one.
Then there's pdfpen which has both a regular and a pro version.  It  
can edit pdf files as well as read them.  It's not very accessible,  
but your mileage may vary.
You can find a version of pdfpen at: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/ 
13829/pdfpen


There's more, but some are pre tiger, and others are definitely not  
accessible, but if you really need them, a quick search on google  
should turn up a few more with minimal effort.

hth.
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Re: data recovery

[James AUSTIN]

Hi Christine, 

I'm not an expert on Networking, it's something i need to get a handle on, but 
have you checked the Trash on both machines. I could be wrong, but I think 
Networks on OS X act like bootable volumes, therefore, any files that are 
"deleted" should be safe until the Trash is empty. 

If this fails, there is a hidden dot Trashes folder that may contain the files, 
but I'll send another message on how to access this as I want to be sure I tell 
you correctly. 

HTH
TC :)
James 
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> I was on the Apple and working with a folder across the network on my PC. I 
> accidentally deleted a portion of the folder before i could stop the process. 
> Does anyone know if there is any way possible I can recover that data?I 
> haven't done anything else to the hard drive since the deletion.
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Re: Drop Box question

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Hi Paul,

I experienced random weirdness until I restarted my MBP.  If you've not already 
tried that, its probably worth while.

Best regards.
Geoff

  - Original Message - 
  From: Paul Hopewell 
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  Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 11:24 AM
  Subject: Drop Box question 


  Hello, 
  I am trying to instal the latest version of drop box on Lion 10.7.1. I opened 
the DMG file and copied the drop box app into my applications folder and opened 
it. That resulted in the message "Drop Box has no windows". I suspect this may 
be because some time ago I had tried an earlier version of drop box which was 
not Lion compatible and that earlier version has probably left some files 
around. 

  If I run the drop box app in the drop box installer folder (without copying 
it into my applications folder) I get a dialogue asking if I had a drop box 
account followed by drop box set up. This created a drop box folder but when I 
copied a file into that folder and opened the context menu for that file I did 
not get the expected extra options related t drop box. 

  Using VoiceOver how can I tell whether drop box is properly installed and 
working? If I first need to get rid of the old drop box and all its files how 
do I do that?

  Many thanks for any tips.

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Re: Apple TV isn't accessible for blind people

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Well.
I didn't see anything in the message that would indicate he was  
telling lies.  Everything he said was as straightforward as he could  
make it.  I agree that some of the points probably weren't completely  
accurate (I.E. you must use an apple provided hdmi cable) but he did  
state that he was working with both apple and his own tv manufacturer  
to get things working.  It's likely apple had him use the usb port to  
do one of those functions most users don't need to perform.  It  
wasn't spelled out in the message of course, but he didn't actually  
state any falsehoods, merely his experiences, and although some of  
those statements could be taken out of context, and interpreted to be  
bad press, or lies against the apple tv, I see nothing directly  
quoted that actually states any barefaced lies.

If anyone else sees any, please point them out.
This guy didn't have a compatible tv, and also didn't give the entire  
backstory, which leads to some incorrect interpretations of his  
statements, but I didn't see anywhere where he categorically denyed  
that the apple tv didn't work, period end of story, only that he said  
his experience with the apple tv didn't work for him at all.
Certainly, some of his statements weren't the best thought out, and  
some aren't entirely accurate (such as the hdmi cable and the mini  
usb cable) but I didn't see anything directly stating apple tv  
overall was useless, only that blind users needed to be aware that  
they may be in a similar situation, and as such, they are probably  
better off using something else.
Sure, his timelines are off (tv newer than the last year and so on)  
but again, nothing outright stating it doesn't work as a whole.
He even went out of his way to state that the apple folks were  
extremely helpful.
Everyone here knows, that sometimes, identical hardware/software  
behaves differently for different people/situations, and therefore,  
it's likely his particular combination of tv/cables/apple tv/ 
everything else, simply didn't work, that happens, and when it does,  
folks are bound to be upset about it.
He made no disparaging remarks about any of the hardware, merely  
stated his experience, I see nothing wrong with that.  A little  
misleading in parts, sure, but again, I see nothing to backup the  
huge claims I've been reading on the list here.  Folks, he had a bad  
experience, folks who have bad experiences are going to vent, and  
sometimes the venting isn't the most well thought-out rebuttle of  
items.  That's no reason to flame the guy for writing a bunch of  
lies, when he clearly did nothing of the sort.
Will this review cause others not to buy an apple tv? Maybe, but  
there's loads of sighted folks who have had similar experiences, and  
I don't see them quoted here claiming they're telling lies about apple.
Leave it alone and let it rest.  There's nothing in this post to  
raise the ire I've been seeing as a result.

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Re: Confused about pictures

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jpg and jpeg (for those vo users who love vo's acronym expansion,  
read those two letter-by-letter to see the difference) are the same  
file format, just different extensions.  You can rename a JPG file to  
JPEG or vice versa, and there will be no difference.  On the other  
hand, png is a completely different format than jpg files, as Lynne  
pointed out in a different message. :)

So, the short answer is:
yes, jpg and jpeg are the same, and you can rename them to match.
png is another story, but conversion of formats is possible with  
utilities, finder scripts, preview, and other programs as well.

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Re: copying audio cd's

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Multiple methods of doing this.
First, you can use itunes to import the cd, which will (hopefully)  
label the songs, author, and such all for you.
Secondly, you can just copy the aiff files onto a folder on your hd,  
then use a utility like switch to change them to another format.
You can use quicktime (if you have the pro version) to do the  
conversion as well, and I'm sure other utilities exist to do the same  
thing as well.  Lots of options.

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Re: any pdf reading apps out there

[Esther]

Hi Kevin,

To add to the summary Travis gave, you might want to check out Skim.  Skim is 
an open source program that has been described as "Preview on steroids".  
Here's the description on Macupdate:

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read 
and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF 
file.

Features:

Viewing PDFs
Adding and editing notes
Highlighting important text, including one-swipe highlight modes
Making "snapshots" for easy reference
Navigation using table of contents or thumbnails, with visual history
View all your notes and highlights
Convenient reading in full screen
Giving powerful presentations, with built-in transitions
Handy preview of internal links
Focus using a reading bar
Magnification tool
Smart cropping tools
Extensive AppleScript support
Bookmarks
Saving passwords in Keychain
Export notes as text
Automatic download of remote PDFs
Support for Apple Remote Control
Interaction with LaTeX, SyncTeX, and PDFSync
Integration with BibDesk and other third party applications
Spotlight support
Highly customizable
And much more...


In practice, useful features of this app that have been discussed on this list 
at earlier times include: (1) using it to present PDF format version of 
PowerPoint or Keynote presentations -- you can set the View options to 
"Presentation" either from the Menu bar or via shortcut (Command-Option-p), and 
you can set up the transition options, again from the Menu bar Presentation 
Options or via shortcut (Command-Option-t) and (2) using it to make 
annotations, that can be separately printed out.  The most complete description 
of its operation was in a discussion on this list before archiving was set up.  
However, I excerpted that post in a reply to Dónal about Skim on the 
Macvisionaries list, so its possible to find that old post's contents in the 
Mail Archive.  It's feature rich, so that you may not need all the 
functionality (for example, manipulating images includes some options that are 
only usable with vision), and it is similar to Preview in layout, but adds a 
second side-bar for the annotation features.  Item 1) is useful for some 
conferences where they request that the presentation be exported into PDF 
format, which gets out of the problems caused by possible font incompatibility 
in the various versions of PowerPoint, or in Keynote.  Also, in earlier 
versions of Skim, I would find some functions (such as using "Find" to search) 
more stable for VoiceOver than in Preview.

There is also Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional which can be used 
with PDFs -- but these are really clunky to use with VoiceOver, so you'd only 
do this if you had a protected PDF file that could not be read in any other 
way.  

Then, as you mention, there is Adobe Digital Editions Preview that will read 
ePubs and PDFs with ADE DRM protection on your Desktop, but currently only in 
English.  And there is OverDrive on iOS devices.  These both require you to 
authorize your device or computer with Adobe.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On Sep 9, 2011, at 08:31, Travis Siegel wrote:

> 
> On Sep 9, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Kevin Chao wrote:
> 
>> I'm not aware of any other PDF reader, other than Preview and Digital
>> Editions. Travis and others, I'm very curious to know what else is out
>> there and works with VoiceOver on OS X Lion to read PDF's?
> I don't know about Lion specifically, but there are a number of other pdf 
> readers.
> softcon pdf viewer (http://mac.softcon.com/softconpdfviewer.dmg)
> This was written for tiger, because the tiger pdf viewer couldn't do a 
> continuous page view, I.E. tell vo to read continuously, and have it do so 
> w/o having to change pages at the end of each one, so the softcon pdf viewer 
> was released to allow this capability.  However, it hasn't been updated 
> since, so no clue if it will work on lion or not.
> 
> 
> Skim (http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/)
> It not only works on later versions of osx (including leopard), but is fully 
> vo accessible.  It also comes with source (if you so desire) so that you can 
> see how it works, and change it if you see fit).
> Adobe reader can be had at: http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
> 
> I've not used it, but I hear it's not as accessible as preview, but 
> supposedly handles pdfs preview doesn't, though I've never run across a pdf 
> preview didn't handle that wasn't an image of real pages, so in my personal 
> opinion, this one isn't necessary, but there it is for those who want to try 
> it.
> 
> Pdf clerk is in the app store, you can find a version for download at: 
> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/27168/pdfclerk-pro
> You can hit the developer's site at: http://sintraworks.com/
> I have no idea if this app is accessible or not, so someone else will need to 
> try this one.
> Then there's pdfpen which has both a regular and a pro version.  It can edit 
> pdf files as well as read them.  It's not very accessible, 

Re: Drop Box question

[Paul Hopewell]

HI Geoff, 
Many thanks for your reply. What do you mean by "restarting your MBP"? What is 
the "MBP"? 
Many thanks. 

Paul 
On 9 Sep 2011, at 19:32, Geoff Waaler wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> 
> I experienced random weirdness until I restarted my MBP.  If you've not 
> already tried that, its probably worth while.
> 
> Best regards.
> Geoff
> 
>  - Original Message - 
>  From: Paul Hopewell 
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>  Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 11:24 AM
>  Subject: Drop Box question 
> 
> 
>  Hello, 
>  I am trying to instal the latest version of drop box on Lion 10.7.1. I 
> opened the DMG file and copied the drop box app into my applications folder 
> and opened it. That resulted in the message "Drop Box has no windows". I 
> suspect this may be because some time ago I had tried an earlier version of 
> drop box which was not Lion compatible and that earlier version has probably 
> left some files around. 
> 
>  If I run the drop box app in the drop box installer folder (without copying 
> it into my applications folder) I get a dialogue asking if I had a drop box 
> account followed by drop box set up. This created a drop box folder but when 
> I copied a file into that folder and opened the context menu for that file I 
> did not get the expected extra options related t drop box. 
> 
>  Using VoiceOver how can I tell whether drop box is properly installed and 
> working? If I first need to get rid of the old drop box and all its files how 
> do I do that?
> 
>  Many thanks for any tips.
> 
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Re: Can anyone help with Iplayer Downloader?

[Paul Hopewell]

Hi Eleanor, 
I suggest you try "Get iPlayer Automator" instead. Look for it on Google to 
find it. It is a free download and it does work on Lion 10.7.1 for downloading 
both radio and TV programs from the BBC iPlayer. See my post earlier today 
about iPlayer Automator on how to use it. It is pretty accessible via 
VoiceOver. 

Paul Hopewell 
On 8 Sep 2011, at 17:35, Eleanor Southwood wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm trying to use Iplayer Downloader version 4 to access content from the BBC 
> Iplayer. However, I just can't work out how to select the programmes for it 
> to download. Does anyone have detailed, step-by-step instructions? 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ellie
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a Spotlight Question

[Kristeen Hughes]

Can you search the contents of another computer's hard drive on the network 
using Spotlight? I seems like I remember that you can, but can't seem to figur 
out how.

Kristeen Hughes
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audiohijack pro major update for lion users

[Courtney Curran]

Hi,
I just wanted to let everyone know that's there's a major update to audiohijack 
pro. What's so major about it is now the instant on  feature now works with 
lion, so the app you want  to  hijack doesn't have to relaunch before hijacking.
Hope this helps someone,
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Re: audiohijack pro major update for lion users

[joe quinn]

really? good! thank you lored. how do you get it? automatic updates?
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Subject: audiohijack pro major update for lion users



Hi,
I just wanted to let everyone know that's there's a major update to 
audiohijack pro. What's so major about it is now the instant on  feature 
now works with lion, so the app you want  to  hijack doesn't have to 
relaunch before hijacking.

Hope this helps someone,
Courtney

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Re: audiohijack pro major update for lion users

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Hi,
You just go to check or update under the audiohijack pro menu.


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> really? good! thank you lored. how do you get it? automatic updates?
> - Original Message - From: "Courtney Curran" 
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>> audiohijack pro. What's so major about it is now the instant on  feature now 
>> works with lion, so the app you want  to  hijack doesn't have to relaunch 
>> before hijacking.
>> Hope this helps someone,
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Re: program that can backup specific folders

[Travis Siegel]

You can easily do this using a crontab entry, and a simple shell script.
Write your script to zip, tar, gzip, or some combination thereof that  
compresses the folders in question, then copies the file to a  
location of your choice.  Then, after that, create a crontab entry  
that will simply execute the script as often as you like.
Cron is part of unix, so it exists on every mac running osx, whether  
it's a server version or not, so anyone can use it.
I'm actually (slightly) surprised it isn't mentioned more when folks  
ask these kinds of questions.  Even on the osx forums and other  
discussion groups that turn up when you google for answers, cron is  
rarely mentioned as a scheduling option.

Odd, but there it is. :)
Anyhow, You already have a solution, but this one is just another  
option for those who are on a budget, or don't want to use funds to  
backup a single file/folder/drive/some combination thereto. :)


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