It is easy to get started with ChronoSync, but there are also many functions Useful would be a computer lab where at the end of the class the admin can resetĪll the student computers back to a virgin state.

Source, so that if you delete or make changes to the target at the next sync theįile would re-appear or the changes undone. Mirror synchronization involves making sure the target becomes identical to the If a file in the target is modified or deleted, it will be left that way because In Blind Backup, only changes in the source are monitored. Other backup options include Blindīackup and Mirroring. Need to have all the changes seen on both computers. I could also do a bi-directional sync if I make changes on two computers and With that scenario, I would do a right-to-left backup. On the right, but still considered the source, while the drive is on the left. Network drive is the target on the right. The computer is the source and happens to be on the left, while the Note that in this simple example, I am backing up from a computer to a networkĭrive. After a disaster, once you regain access to the ChronoSyncĭocument and have ChronoSync reinstalled, you can restore data more gracefully ChronoSync does save information about each job as a file in There is no need to rebuild a catalog or re-installĬhronoSync first. You can get to them directly in the Finder, soĮven if you lose your computer, restoring the files is just a matter of copying The end product of the backup is another set of files and folders identical to Just select the source and the target, then click Synchronize. Make use of the Time Capsule in a painless backup process for my G4 laptop. Enter ChronoSync, which I had high hopes for as a way to Too bad Time Machine is not available for my PowerBook G4 That is exactly how I want to do backups-painlesslyĪnd in the background. After the initial completeīackup over Ethernet, the whole backup process really happens on its own withoutĪny further intervention. Time Machine works with the Time Capsule. When my wife got a MacBook Pro, I quickly fell in love with the ease with which Unfortunately, it takes a long time to calculate the files and folders toīe backed up. In addition toĭiscs, Backup can write to MobileMe or to an external device like a FireWireĭrive. I thought moving to a more structured tool like Apple Backup would help.

Marker or some fancy stamping tool, is another reason. Having to be present toįeed the blank discs when prompted and the occasional bad discs are just two of I used to back up my data onto CDs or DVDs via Toast or DragonBurn.

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