[MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? One other approach I could take is to isolate the files from the past 10 days or so, then do a full restore. After the restore, move the isolated files to replace the older files from backup. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Not sure I totally understand what you are trying to accomplish, but why not just restore the files to the machine and copy them to your destination of choice using whatever means is necessary? Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? One other approach I could take is to isolate the files from the past 10 days or so, then do a full restore. After the restore, move the isolated files to replace the older files from backup. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
The main thing is that I don't want to restore old files over the top of new files and lose newer info. Hard drive died, the dealer put in a new drive, installed the OS and whatever he could recover. I was about 10 days before I could get to my backed up files. I was looking for a utility that would compare the drive with the backup and give me a sort of what was not on the drive. Not sure I totally understand what you are trying to accomplish, but why not just restore the files to the machine and copy them to your destination of choice using whatever means is necessary? Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? One other approach I could take is to isolate the files from the past 10 days or so, then do a full restore. After the restore, move the isolated files to replace the older files from backup. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Gotcha. You will have to pay for it, but it's money well spent: Super File Synchronizer. I use it to manage my backups between my machines and my Xserve RAID volumes. Highly configurable and can be scheduled. I highly recommend it. Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The main thing is that I don't want to restore old files over the top of new files and lose newer info. Hard drive died, the dealer put in a new drive, installed the OS and whatever he could recover. I was about 10 days before I could get to my backed up files. I was looking for a utility that would compare the drive with the backup and give me a sort of what was not on the drive. Not sure I totally understand what you are trying to accomplish, but why not just restore the files to the machine and copy them to your destination of choice using whatever means is necessary? Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? One other approach I could take is to isolate the files from the past 10 days or so, then do a full restore. After the restore, move the isolated files to replace the older files from backup. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Wouldn't it make the most sense to only copy your user directory files? I would be cautious against trying to copy OS files that way. You can probably rsync your user directory on Time Machine back to your new hard drive. Or better still, copy your user directory to a backup location, then use Time Machine to restore your computer, and restore your user directory using rsync from the the backup location. That way you get exactly what you had, plus any files you created. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: Gotcha. You will have to pay for it, but it's money well spent: Super File Synchronizer. I use it to manage my backups between my machines and my Xserve RAID volumes. Highly configurable and can be scheduled. I highly recommend it. Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The main thing is that I don't want to restore old files over the top of new files and lose newer info. Hard drive died, the dealer put in a new drive, installed the OS and whatever he could recover. I was about 10 days before I could get to my backed up files. I was looking for a utility that would compare the drive with the backup and give me a sort of what was not on the drive. Not sure I totally understand what you are trying to accomplish, but why not just restore the files to the machine and copy them to your destination of choice using whatever means is necessary? Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? One other approach I could take is to isolate the files from the past 10 days or so, then do a full restore. After the restore, move the isolated files to replace the older files from backup. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Yes, I am only talking about stuff in the documents folder. Music and photos I will just move manually. nothing new there. Is rsync a built in utility? I did a search but did not find it. Wouldn't it make the most sense to only copy your user directory files? I would be cautious against trying to copy OS files that way. You can probably rsync your user directory on Time Machine back to your new hard drive. Or better still, copy your user directory to a backup location, then use Time Machine to restore your computer, and restore your user directory using rsync from the the backup location. That way you get exactly what you had, plus any files you created. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: Gotcha. You will have to pay for it, but it's money well spent: Super File Synchronizer. I use it to manage my backups between my machines and my Xserve RAID volumes. Highly configurable and can be scheduled. I highly recommend it. Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The main thing is that I don't want to restore old files over the top of new files and lose newer info. Hard drive died, the dealer put in a new drive, installed the OS and whatever he could recover. I was about 10 days before I could get to my backed up files. I was looking for a utility that would compare the drive with the backup and give me a sort of what was not on the drive. Not sure I totally understand what you are trying to accomplish, but why not just restore the files to the machine and copy them to your destination of choice using whatever means is necessary? Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? One other approach I could take is to isolate the files from the past 10 days or so, then do a full restore. After the restore, move the isolated files to replace the older files from backup. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
You may need to download rsync (free). It is a command line program. What Dan suggested sounds like a GUI based version of rsync. You can also rename your existing Documents folder to something like Documents.tmp and then restore your entire Documents folder from Time Machine to your local system. Then just tell Finder to copy Documents.tmp to Documents. It will prompt if you want to overwrite files before doing so. If it was me, I would backup my local drive, do a total Time Machine restore, and then sync my local user directory backup to what Time Machine restored. That way all your Apps, settings, and files you forgot to manually sync are preserved. More work up front, but probably less work overall. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I am only talking about stuff in the documents folder. Music and photos I will just move manually. nothing new there. Is rsync a built in utility? I did a search but did not find it. Wouldn't it make the most sense to only copy your user directory files? I would be cautious against trying to copy OS files that way. You can probably rsync your user directory on Time Machine back to your new hard drive. Or better still, copy your user directory to a backup location, then use Time Machine to restore your computer, and restore your user directory using rsync from the the backup location. That way you get exactly what you had, plus any files you created. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: Gotcha. You will have to pay for it, but it's money well spent: Super File Synchronizer. I use it to manage my backups between my machines and my Xserve RAID volumes. Highly configurable and can be scheduled. I highly recommend it. Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The main thing is that I don't want to restore old files over the top of new files and lose newer info. Hard drive died, the dealer put in a new drive, installed the OS and whatever he could recover. I was about 10 days before I could get to my backed up files. I was looking for a utility that would compare the drive with the backup and give me a sort of what was not on the drive. Not sure I totally understand what you are trying to accomplish, but why not just restore the files to the machine and copy them to your destination of choice using whatever means is necessary? Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? One other approach I could take is to isolate the files from the past 10 days or so, then do a full restore. After the restore, move the isolated files to replace the older files from backup. _**__ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: Yes, I am only talking about stuff in the documents folder. Music and photos I will just move manually. nothing new there. Is rsync a built in utility? I did a search but did not find it. rsync is a command-line utility. You would run it from the Terminal. It has a laundry list of options. You might want the -u (update option): -u, --update This forces rsync to skip any files which exist on the destina- tion and have a modified time that is newer than the source file. (If an existing destination file has a modification time equal to the source file's, it will be updated if the sizes are different.) Maybe as simple as: rsync -u /time/machine/source /your/target/dir ...but wise to experiment with a copy first. Get a cup of coffee and run man rsync in a Terminal window. You can pretty much ignore everything having to do with remote copies since both your source and destination are local. Allan -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu writes: Maybe as simple as: rsync -u /time/machine/source /your/target/dir ...but wise to experiment with a copy first. Oops actually I think that would be: rsync -u /time/machine/source/ /your/target/dir rsync is sensitive to whether the path ends in a / or not. If it ends in a / that basically means contents of so the above would sync the contents of the directory /time/machine/source to /your/target/dir. There is a -n option that does a dry run which is good to use until you are comfortable with what is about to happen. Allan -- 1983 300D 1979 300SD ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
yeah, I think i was overthinking it. Your suggestion it simple and works. Thanks. I am off to start down that road. Wouldn't it make the most sense to only copy your user directory files? I would be cautious against trying to copy OS files that way. You can probably rsync your user directory on Time Machine back to your new hard drive. Or better still, copy your user directory to a backup location, then use Time Machine to restore your computer, and restore your user directory using rsync from the the backup location. That way you get exactly what you had, plus any files you created. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: Gotcha. You will have to pay for it, but it's money well spent: Super File Synchronizer. I use it to manage my backups between my machines and my Xserve RAID volumes. Highly configurable and can be scheduled. I highly recommend it. Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: The main thing is that I don't want to restore old files over the top of new files and lose newer info. Hard drive died, the dealer put in a new drive, installed the OS and whatever he could recover. I was about 10 days before I could get to my backed up files. I was looking for a utility that would compare the drive with the backup and give me a sort of what was not on the drive. Not sure I totally understand what you are trying to accomplish, but why not just restore the files to the machine and copy them to your destination of choice using whatever means is necessary? Dan Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? One other approach I could take is to isolate the files from the past 10 days or so, then do a full restore. After the restore, move the isolated files to replace the older files from backup. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:47:19 -0500 Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote: Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes: Yes, I am only talking about stuff in the documents folder. Music and photos I will just move manually. nothing new there. Is rsync a built in utility? I did a search but did not find it. rsync is a command-line utility. You would run it from the Terminal. It has a laundry list of options. You might want the -u (update option): -u, --update This forces rsync to skip any files which exist on the destination and have a modified time that is newer than the source file. (If an existing destination file has a modification time equal to the source file's, it will be updated if the sizes are different.) Maybe as simple as: rsync -u /time/machine/source /your/target/dir ...but wise to experiment with a copy first. rsync -auLKnv# To run without actually doing the work (n) and # see what will actually be done (v). rsync -auLK # To do the work. -a, --archive archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X) -u, --updateskip files that are newer on the receiver -L, --copy-linkstransform symlink into referent file/dir -K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir -n, --dry-run perform a trial run with no changes made -v, --verbose increase verbosity But check the Mac man page, first, to make sure the options are the same. ...but wise to experiment with a copy first. Good idea. Get a cup of coffee and run man rsync in a Terminal window. You can pretty much ignore everything having to do with remote copies since both your source and destination are local. Read the man page! Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Dieselhead wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? You simply want all the files that exist in the backup but don't exist on the system? Plain old copy, just say no to overwrite. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
On Mar 10, 2012, at 11:29 PM, Fmiser wrote: Dieselhead wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? Not that I am aware of. I could have used a similar thing myself while restoring my iMac today. All I needed to do was add or replace files that had been modified since my weekly disk image was made, but that's not possible. It's all or nothin. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
I got er done. moved all docs on the computer to a file called documents 1. restored docs, then copied the docs 1 contents to documents. Seems like I have everything. I will keep checking. I even got all my email back except 12 21 11 to 2/25. I will be backing up more often. On Mar 10, 2012, at 11:29 PM, Fmiser wrote: Dieselhead wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? Not that I am aware of. I could have used a similar thing myself while restoring my iMac today. All I needed to do was add or replace files that had been modified since my weekly disk image was made, but that's not possible. It's all or nothin. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT Mac time machine
Dieselhead wrote: Is there a utility or synch tool that will compare files in a time machine backup and restore the files from the time machine that are not on the current laptop hard drive? Dan Penoff wrote: Not that I am aware of. I could have used a similar thing myself while restoring my iMac today. All I needed to do was add or replace files that had been modified since my weekly disk image was made, but that's not possible. Command line. I'm presuming you are wanting to retrieve files from the backup 'cause timemachine already only saves the files that have changed. The command find can search based on modified time, size, name, type, etc. It can also execute a command to act on each resulting match. -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
