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Rsnapshot mentions (29)

• Escaping Surveillance Capitalism, at Scale

  Two things I want to try this month are: https://mastodon.social/@chromakode/110936177254839251 https://rsnapshot.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Not openSUSE specific but what's the best backup utility?

  I'm using rsnapshot. It's based on rsync. It's fully automated and I make daily and monthly backups backup to my NAS. The biggest benefit of rsnapshot is that it uses hardlinks. So only changed files are backed up. It doesn't have a GUI though, you have to set a configuration file. Source: 11 months ago

• Newbie - How to (image) Backup a rasberry PI

  It's been a while but I think rsnapshot is what you're looking for. Source: 12 months ago

• Python Port of 600 Line Bash Script: rsync-time-machine.py for Rsync Backups

  The description sounds like it does largely the same job as rsnapshot (https://rsnapshot.org/). What does yours do differently from rsnapshot? - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• simple local backup software for Alma

  Rsync from cron or rsnapshot might be easier to manage incrementals. Source: about 1 year ago

FreeFileSync mentions (203)

• Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?

  FreeFileSync https://freefilesync.org/ I have been a happy user for years and have made a donation too. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Which synchronization tool are you using together with the pCloud Crypto Folder?

  FreeFileSync messed up my pCloud database a couple times at first (causing disappearing files in the Crypto Folder, mirroring of the same files over and over again). Pcloud support provided an easy way to fix the database. To fix the root cause, one needs to exclude FreeFileSync's temporary files from the backup: pCloud Drive > Settings > Backup/Sync Exclusions, exclude sync.ffs_lock and *.ffs_tmp. Source: 5 months ago

• Why are file backups so slow on Windows 11?

  As per Apprehensive_Arm_754 answer below, https://freefilesync.org is the solution to my particular problem, since it allows all kind of simple rules and logic to apply, so I can make sure that the copy only happens in one direction, and only ever by file date etc. Much appreciated. Source: 5 months ago

• Why are file backups so slow on Windows 11?

  I use this one: https://freefilesync.org. Source: 5 months ago

• Is it possible to sync Calibre configuration between Mac and Windows continuously?

  It was me, I'd probably play around with setting up shared folders of preferences and plug-ins and whatnot on something like dropbox or Google Drive. There are various folder sinking tools on both platforms such as free file sync on Windows. Since they are two completely different platforms, I don't know how interchangeable some of the preferences or plugins would be. I haven't used a Mac in a 100 years. Source: 6 months ago