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 for the advice, maybe one day I will sit down and write up my little script then maybe another day I will stop being ‘old school’ and move up to Time Machine. I’m just used to having a bootable backup as I have always worked with old computers, prone to failure and like the slight bit of extra security. I still would like to work on an ‘open source’ version of the OS X interface to work over Darwin, I dunno, just because. From the days of the Commodore PET I always wanted to be involved in writing my own OS… Russell Courtenay Sent from my old iMac > On Aug 5, 2016, at 11:16 PM, cb <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 offers to > transfer data from a TimeMachine backup so you can at least reset back to a > bootable system. It just isn't quite as fast as having a bootable clone. > > You can also see if there are other clone options still available for free. > SuperDuper used to be free and did the same job as Carbon Copy Cloner, but I > don't know if they went the same way as CCC and have gone paid or not. > > -chris > <www.mythtech.net> > > > > 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. I just don't have $39.95 >> to spend on software today so I figured I would write a script in Automator. >> But I really don't know what I'm doing. My programming really hasn't kept >> pace beyond Commodore Basic and machine language and Y2K web pages. >> >> I found some basic instructions online to make a scheduled backup but that >> is not really what I want. I just want a button I can click every couple >> days to copy every new file, delete files on the backup that I have deleted >> on my hard drive and keep it bootable in case I need it. >> >> Seems simple enough, has anyone here done this? >> >> On the wife's PC I just set up an xcopy batch file, simple and dirty. I wish >> it would tell me what is happening over those two hours it is working, but >> it does seem to work. >> >> Russell Courtenay >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette >> guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iMac Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
