On 28/11/2023 11:42, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
> https://freefilesync.org
>
> HTH, Enjoy,
>
> Chris

Just downloaded it.

It will take me a time to jbex out how it jbexs!

The videos are useful.

Tone

On 2023-11-28, chrisnd@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:

> So then I did a quick appraisal of the backup software suggested here.
> It all seemed messy in its different ways - well at least the linux
> stuff is. My son however suggested the following which is absolutely
> magnificent and available for windoze, MacOS and linux. Probably among
> my favourite software of all time for ease, straigtforwardness and
> intuitive use. All options are there, simply put:
>
> https://freefilesync.org

Synchronising files with a backup copy has one big disadvantage. When you
delete the wrong file it deletes the backup too. I have never lost any data
due to a hardware failure. I have lost data because of PBCAK.

I copy my files to a backup device and for some files I keep copies whenever
a file is altered so I have all the historical versions too. Once a year or
so I either ditch the old files or get a bigger disk.

--
Bernard Peek
bap@shrdlu.com
Wigan

On 28/11/2023 21:16, Bernard Peek wrote:
> On 2023-11-28, chrisnd@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> So then I did a quick appraisal of the backup software suggested here.
>> It all seemed messy in its different ways - well at least the linux
>> stuff is. My son however suggested the following which is absolutely
>> magnificent and available for windoze, MacOS and linux. Probably among
>> my favourite software of all time for ease, straigtforwardness and
>> intuitive use. All options are there, simply put:
>>
>> https://freefilesync.org
>
> Synchronising files with a backup copy has one big disadvantage. When you
> delete the wrong file it deletes the backup too. I have never lost any data
> due to a hardware failure. I have lost data because of PBCAK.
>
> I copy my files to a backup device and for some files I keep copies whenever
> a file is altered so I have all the historical versions too. Once a year or
> so I either ditch the old files or get a bigger disk.
>
I use an old, now unsupported program called SynchronX, which
synchronises two selected directories. If a file only exists in one
directory, it copies it to the other. It updates files to the other
directory if they have been edited since the last time it was run. If
both copies have been updated, it lets you know there is a problem with
that file before synchronising.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

On 29/11/2023 18:04, John Williamson wrote:
> On 28/11/2023 21:16, Bernard Peek wrote:
>> On 2023-11-28, chrisnd@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>> So then I did a quick appraisal of the backup software suggested here.
>>> It all seemed messy in its different ways - well at least the linux
>>> stuff is.  My son however suggested the following which is absolutely
>>> magnificent and available for windoze, MacOS and linux. Probably among
>>> my favourite software of all time for ease, straigtforwardness and
>>> intuitive use. All options are there, simply put:
>>>
>>> https://freefilesync.org
>>
>> Synchronising files with a backup copy has one big disadvantage. When you
>> delete the wrong file it deletes the backup too. I have never lost any
>> data
>> due to a hardware failure. I have lost data because of PBCAK.
>>
>> I copy my files to a backup device and for some files I keep copies
>> whenever
>> a file is altered so I have all the historical versions too. Once a
>> year or
>> so I either ditch the old files or get a bigger disk.
>>
> I use an old, now unsupported program called SynchronX, which
> synchronises two selected directories. If a file only exists in one
> directory, it copies it to the other. It updates files to the other
> directory if they have been edited since the last time it was run. If
> both copies have been updated, it lets you know there is a problem with
> that file before synchronising.

>>> https://freefilesync.org lets you do all that and much, much more..

HTH

Chris