Re: Free OS reimplementations (Re: OS X backup script)

Install 4GB RAM in 2 2GB DIMMs A port on the bottom edge EASILY gives access to the RAM. I just did a 2008 iMac 20" RAM upgrade for a friend.. My late 2009 Mac Mini 2.53Ghz. C2D 3MB L2 works fine with 10.9 Mavericks so far... You COULD go to 8GB for 10.11 El Kapitan, suppose.. I've seen no

Re: OS X backup script

Dunno but the rsync project page is here: A WEB site is available at http://rsync.samba.org/. The site includes an FAQ-O-Matic which may cover questions unanswered by this manual page. This is from the man page in 10.11. > On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Russell Courtenay

Re: OS X backup script

Been 'working' so haven't had a chance to check, but I seem to remember reading that rsync was completely revised in OS X 10.11? Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 9, 2016, at 8:50 AM, cb wrote: > > If you are going to do a bash or shell script you can redirect

Re: OS X backup script

If you are going to do a bash or shell script you can redirect the output to file to use as a log of what it is doing. Throw in a few echo lines to output your own comments so you can mark off different sections and you may get enough of a progress to satisfy your needs. Also if you use rsync

Re: OS X backup script

Just tried to run SuperDuper and it gives me a warning ‘This feature only available in the $27.95 registered version”. Nice. I guess I will be writing a script… Russell Courtenay Sent from my old iMac > On Aug 6, 2016, at 9:25 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > > I want

Re: Free OS reimplementations (Re: OS X backup script)

Wow cool! Great stuff! I guess I really like the old days of computing where efficiency and every Hz mattered, I frankly don’t understand why the 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2 gigs of RAM in my iMac is so slow sometimes on a modern OS when as I recall on my BLAZING 50 MHz Amiga I had NO such

Free OS reimplementations (Re: OS X backup script)

On Aug 6, 2016, at 11:25 PM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > I still would like to work on an ‘open source’ version of the OS X interface > to work over Darwin, I dunno, I would encourage you to support more than just Darwin. The vast majority of Darwin installations are

Re: OS X backup script

I want to write my own script, if just to prove I am still a ‘programmer’ but expedience will take over for the moment, I downloaded SuperDuper and the free version looks like it will do what I need. I will try it tonight on ‘Smart Update’ so it will just copy over the updated files… Thanks

Re: OS X backup script

The main thing is getting all the 'switches' right then getting it to show some kind of progress output, I guess... I'll check into that... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2016, at 11:12 PM, cb wrote: > > If you know how to do what you want in batch with

Re: OS X backup script

On Aug 6, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Russell Courtenay wrote: > I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner for years to make a bootable > (ostensibly) backup. Well, they seem to have changed their shareware setup so > after a certain amount of time it stops working. That’s lousy. >

Re: OS X backup script

Sorry, I should have said this in my other reply, but if you are really just after an easy to use backup system that is free, assuming you are not on a really old version of OS X, just use TimeMachine. Its pretty much set it and forget it. It won't be bootable, however OS X's installation

Re: OS X backup script

If you know how to do what you want in batch with xcopy you can probably work your way thru the same thing in OS X's terminal and write a Bash shell script to do the same thing. Use "cp" instead of xcopy, but the concept is really the same. Once you can get a shell script working you can

OS X backup script

I have been using Carbon Copy Cloner for years to make a bootable (ostensibly) backup. Well, they seem to have changed their shareware setup so after a certain amount of time it stops working. I just don't have $39.95 to spend on software today so I figured I would write a script in Automator.