Comments on: Backing up your Mac on an external disk http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/ Daniel Lemire's blog is about life in academia, research in Computer Science, wondering how we can reconcile fast databases and algorithms with the informal and asemantic nature of the world around us. It is broadcasted from Montreal (Canada). Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Daniel Lemire http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/#comment-50062 Daniel Lemire Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:45:14 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/#comment-50062 All disks on a Mac are located in /Volumes/. So go to shell and type "ls /Volumes/". You should find it. All disks on a Mac are located in /Volumes/. So go to shell and type “ls /Volumes/”. You should find it.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/#comment-50060 Stephen Downes Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:09:02 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/#comment-50060 # my external disk is located # at /Volumes/G-DRIVE\ MINI/ OK... how do I find out where *my* external disk is located? (p.s. related to the math question - I'm not so good at addition - heh) # my external disk is located
# at /Volumes/G-DRIVE\ MINI/

OK… how do I find out where *my* external disk is located?

(p.s. related to the math question - I’m not so good at addition - heh)

]]> By: Daniel Lemire http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/#comment-50016 Daniel Lemire Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:42:39 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/#comment-50016 What is wrong with cron jobs? Type "crontab -e" to insert a new cron job. Of course, you must deal with a syntax from the seventies, but it is well documented. What is wrong with cron jobs? Type “crontab -e” to insert a new cron job. Of course, you must deal with a syntax from the seventies, but it is well documented.

]]> By: Cyril Goutte http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/#comment-50015 Cyril Goutte Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:50:18 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/07/04/backing-up-your-mac-on-an-external-disk/#comment-50015 Daniel, I have been using rsync to backup at work, with a different set of options (-Cavuz); I'll check the options you use. I actually put the command in a Makefile so I just "make backup" every now and then. Have you figured out a way to automate the backup? I experimented a bit with Automator and Calendar but never could make it work properly. At home I use Retrospect Express, which came free with an external disk I bought. It does reasonably good incremental backups, but I find it quite slow. Daniel,

I have been using rsync to backup at work, with a different set of options (-Cavuz); I’ll check the options you use.

I actually put the command in a Makefile so I just “make backup” every now and then.

Have you figured out a way to automate the backup? I experimented a bit with Automator and Calendar but never could make it work properly.

At home I use Retrospect Express, which came free with an external disk I bought. It does reasonably good incremental backups, but I find it quite slow.

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