![]() ![]() This turns out to be simple to accomplish in ChronoSync. In this example, I’m going to step through the latter for my sixth backup task, the one that I hadn’t reckoned with when I first drew up my requirements.Īs I’ve been evolving my list of needs, I realised that I also wanted to keep, as long as I can, old unified log files from /var/db/diagnostics and /var/db/uuidtext, so that I could turn them into a logarchive and access logs from weeks or even months ago. These range from simple options such as backing up a Home folder through to making one backup of multiple folders. You’ll no doubt have your own favourite, but I have been very impressed by this modestly-priced app which is fully compatible with Catalina, has some of the most detailed release notes you’ll come across, and most important of all is sold as a conventional lifetime licence.ĬhronoSync must be one of the most flexible backup utilities available, but doesn’t force you to negotiate windows full of cryptic options: it offers a whole suite of setup assistants to guide you through creating synchronisation and backup tasks, and for modifying existing tasks. There’s no shortage of fine apps which I could have chosen, and after careful shopping around, I selected ChronoSync. These backups bridge the gap between saved versions (where available) and daily full backups. a Time Machine backup of that same working folder every hour.įor the last three requirements, I want utilities which will back up changed files in my most active and critical folders every hour.a full copy of my main working folder on an external SSD updated hourly.a full copy of my ~/Documents folder updated hourly.a full copy of my Data volume and its external supplement, updated nightly (using CCC).a non-bootable copy of the System volume after each update to macOS, for reference (actually bootable, using CCC).That takes care of the first two of my requirements: Thank you for simplifying the process of backing up my iMac.In the previous two episodes, I have explained how I decided what I needed to back up and how often, and described how I put Carbon Copy Cloner to use making daily backups of my Catalina Data volume and an external working volume. I truly appreciate all of the hard work you've put into developing this valuable utility. I had my backup setup and scheduled in about 15 minutes and I didn't even need the Help file.Ĭan you do it on a Mac? Yeah, but how? Install third party apps to work with Time Machine? Or run scripts using Terminal? Uuuuuuhhh. It's a piece of cake to do that on a Windows PC using a batch file and the Task Scheduler, but even that is not as simple as the ChronoSync process. I just wanted to be able to select the files I want to back up and then schedule the process at a time of my choosing, which can't easily be done on a Mac. I've only been using it for a few days and feel I've got my money's worth out of it already. This software is awesome easy to use, doesn't bog down my iMac (like Time Machine used to), it's just a rock solid product in my opinion. I downloaded the trial version of ChronoSync a couple of days ago and I didn't need the 15 day evaluation period to make my decision. Fixed a bug in the Backup Multiple Folders assistant that could lead to a crash if the assistant failed to create any destination folders that it was asked to create.Fixed some cosmetic problems on the last panel of several Assistants when running on macOS Ventura. ![]() Fixed some UI problems on the Options/Archive Settings panel whereby some custom archive location controls weren’t being disabled when archiving was disabled.Fixed a bug whereby a Readiness Error would prevent synchronization if a previously established custom archive location was not available, even if sync settings had been changed so that no archiving was being performed.Fixed some localization problems in the Bootable and Data Volume assistants that were claiming volumes need to be HFS+ formatted.Fixed a problem that could could cause changes to a volume’s “Ignore Ownership” setting to fail.Fixed a bug that could cause unreported failures when attempting to change an archive’s location to a volume with a different “Ignore Ownership” state.Hardened the AWS S3 Storage Provider to better deal with lost connections in the middle of a file transfer.Added logic to ensure that some maintenance on a remote sync target connection is only performed in the main thread, in an attempt to eliminate an obscure crash.Changed the way lost agent connections are dealt with when multiple copy threads are active, in an effort to increase stability.Added a Readiness Error to prevent bootable synchronizations over ChronoAgent connections when running macOS 11 or later on the destination.Added a separator to the sync task log when relocating an archive.Note: Currently available for $39.99 Enhancements and Changes: ![]()
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