This is sort of a follow up, or part two, to my last post on how to create a script to mirror two external hard drives. So, if you haven’t read that article yet, please check it out first.
After creating a script using rsync to mirror two hard drives we can take it one step [...]
Using cron to automate rsync
How to mirror external hard drives on a Mac
This backup technique is pretty simple but can be intimidating for those who are not comfortable with using the terminal. At the core of Apple’s OS is Unix and one of Unix’s utilities is a free nifty program called rsync. According to the manual page on rsync, rsync can “transfer just the differences between two sets [...]
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