Any auto backup program out there?

[Temujin]

A program that automatically, let's say once a week, upgrades your chosen files on a rw-dvd would be very handy. Know any?

 

[yellow5]

Super Duper! can make zipped backups to a Hard Drive.

iBackup can make scheduled backups to Hard Drives

if you subscribe to .mac, you can use Backup 3 to make scheduled backups to CD/DVD.

 

[Temujin]

Thanx I'll look into them

 

[Lacero]

You can try SilverKeeper.

 

[pdpfilms]

Super Duper! can make zipped backups to a Hard Drive.

iBackup can make scheduled backups to Hard Drives

if you subscribe to .mac, you can use Backup 3 to make scheduled backups to CD/DVD.

Can Backup 3 make scheduled backups to a Hard Drive?

 

[yellow5]

Can Backup 3 make scheduled backups to a Hard Drive?

Yeah...Hard Drives(including iPod), CD/DVD, and iDisk.

http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backup.html

 

[jedijoe]

automator

Even simpler with Tiger. As I do not have .mac and it seemed automator could do the same job as iBackup, as long as I was just concerned with a full home directory backup.

I use automator to find files and make zip archive. Save automator task as '.app' and I scheduled it in iCal. I had to use a shell script in automator to find archives older then 1 week to delete, since I couldn't figure out ow do that with automator.

Automator Task:

Get Specific Finder Items

Added my home directory​

Create Archive

Make zip file backup​

Get Specific Finder Items

Get .zip file just made​

Rename Files

Append Date to filename of zip archive​

Run Shell Script

Delete archives older then 1 week​

Shell Script:
# Modified n minutes ago and older, 10080 seconds is one week
OLDER_THEN="10080"
BACKUP_FOLDER="/Volumes/Maxtor 300G/Backups"

cd "${BACKUP_FOLDER}"
find . -iname "*.zip" -type f -mmin +${OLDER_THEN} | while read file
do
rm -rf "${file}"
done

In fact, the entire backup could be done as a shell script quite easily, I just wanted to play with automator...

 

[Temujin]

Yeah...Hard Drives(including iPod), CD/DVD, and iDisk.

http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backup.html

Now that backup looks really nice. Does it come bundled with a new Powerbook?

 

[iEdd]

I have an external lacie drive which has more on it than just backups (so I can't use it as a bootable backup drive as far as I know).
If I use one of these apps to make a backup or zipped backup of my entire mac HD and then the HDD fails, when I put the files back on can it automatically put it all back on properly? Or do I have to drag them manually? What's the best way to backup everything, then have it back on there in exactly the same way should something go wrong?

 

[yellow5]

Now that backup looks really nice. Does it come bundled with a new Powerbook?

It's available for a free download on Apple's website:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/backup.html

But in order for it to do anything you're going to need to sign up for a .mac membership, which currently runs at $100/year.

You can sign up for a free 60 day trial though which will give you limited backup capabilities(you can back up like 250MB worth of stuff).

Sign up for the trial:
http://www.apple.com/dotmac/

Backup 3 is really the best backup software for the mac right now in my opinion, but I'm not sure if it's worth $100 if you're not going to take advantage of the rest of the services provided with the .mac membership.

Try it out. I think you'll like it.