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On 2024-06-12 11:11:36 +0000, super70s said:
> 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.

If CCC comparison routine actually worked properly (rather than 
trawling through the entire drive every time), then scheduling a backup 
when shutting my Mac down could be handy, but it takes an hour to find 
and copy the few changed / altered files on the main drive (the 
external drive is a lot quicker, despite being the smae capacity and 
being fuller).