Incremental backups

[TerryN]

Hi

Looking for a solid backup app that can do incremental backups.

I do photo editing on a local SSD for speed of access then want to backup those image files to my NAS as backup. I only want to copy across new or changed files but either do it on a schedule and/or manually trigger it post editing.

I've picked up that CCC and Super Duper appear to be high on the list.

I've yet to run a Time Machine to backup my Mac but that's coming up shortly.

Thanks in advance.

 

[velocityg4]

I use Freefilesync. Given your uses. You'd set it up as a mirror sync rather than a two way sync. You can run manual syncs, setup batch jobs, use Automator to automate batch jobs or create realtimesyncs. Manual and batch seem to have more power user options than Realtimesync. Although I haven't played much with them. As I prefer manual syncs.

I've just seen too many backups fail when they are automated. I like to see that the backup has occurred and a list of changed files before the sync occurs.

At any rate Freefilesync is fast, free, network friendly, open source and cross platform. You can even do (S)FTP backups and apparently Google Drive backups now.

 

[casperes1996]

Time Machine seems a good fit, really. It does incremental backups and I think it works well enough

 

[chabig]

I've picked up that CCC and Super Duper appear to be high on the list.

Those are the two most famous apps for sure. Both are good.