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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Insomniacal Mac Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:11:36 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: <v4bvp8$1ki3h$1@dont-email.me> References: <v3tkkr$1nudn$1@dont-email.me> <v3vvvq$28dji$1@dont-email.me> <v40ckv$2acu0$1@dont-email.me> <v48d2a$rpvj$1@dont-email.me> <v48ku8$t12d$1@dont-email.me> <v49f5g$11emp$2@dont-email.me> <v4acoc$17oep$1@dont-email.me> <v4b0fm$1eu07$1@dont-email.me> <v4betv$1h9sf$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:11:37 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1a5ce0fb156bf5d2b5d3bd8d594c20b3"; logging-data="1722481"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX194d4nErnkuNehjbtDbwftIOCelQv7opw4=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:UBf5LJixkkOXoxLN8ZDAcEJWSZA= Bytes: 2512 On 2024-06-12 06:24:00 +0000, Your Name said: > On 2024-06-12 02:17:26 +0000, super70s said: >> On 2024-06-11 20:40:44 +0000, Your Name said: >>> >>> In ye olde days of MacOS 9 and early MacOS X I used a great syncing app >>> that was very fast, >> >> Was it ChronoSync by any chance? I still use that to back up my Tiger system. >> >> I always used Maxtor external HDs (since acquired by Seagate) with my >> old systems and they had this "One Touch" backup feature with provided >> software, but I never used that. But all you had to do was touch a >> button on the external to back everything up. > > It was either "ChronoSync" or more likely "Synchronize! Pro". I went > through a few apps testing them until I found one I was happy with. Yeah I've heard of Synchronize Pro too. It must have been more expensive than ChronoSync so I went with that. > I probably need to do that again so I can ditch the slow > CarbonCopyCloner (only use that when doing an initial full bootable > backup). I did try "SyncFolders Pro", various versions, but it is > utterly useless and never finds any new / altered files to copy. CC Cloner has saved my bacon more than a few times with bootable systems for new machines. They began introducing more "regularly scheduled backup" features as time went on but I never used them.