[Cialug] Slightly OT, .. mirror files on Apple to a Linux server

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I agree with not over thinking it, Cron and Rsync seems the easy route.

From: Cialug <cialug-bounces at cialug.org> on behalf of David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, December 22, 2023 at 6:04 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Slightly OT, .. mirror files on Apple to a Linux server
cron + rsync?

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 4:29 PM Bill Davis <bill.davis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you looking to script it?  If so, any old *nix command line tool for
> backup/mirroring will likely either be available in the macOS Unix shell,
> or findable on the 'Net.
>
> If not, there are plenty of other GUI backup tools.    Here's some:
>
> https://www.macupdate.com/find/mac/context%3Dmirror%2520backup
>
> I've used (older versions of) Carbon Copy Cloner to smart-mirror my drive
> for off-site backup for a while.
>
> https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
>
> I also use the built-in macOS "Time Machine"  incremental backup system to
> backup to an alway-attached backup drive.
>
> Not sure you could use a directory on a fileserver or not (never tried) but
> if you can mount it as a drive on the Mac then maybe!
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>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 4:12 PM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> > Would like to setup a Mac Mini so that the user direcory [of artwork
> > files] is mirrored to the server inhouse, which is itself backed up every
> > night to our NOC.
> >
> > Is there any sort of FOSS solution for Appla land? We use ownCloud
> > inhouse, but that seems like overkill for one machine and user.
> >
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