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Backup files from your Mac computer to a Network Windows Share

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

I have just spent a considerable amount of time trying to perfect and find a backup solution to backup my files from my MacBook Pro to several different Windows Shares (SMB/CIFS). I know there are hacks out there to make time machine work with Windows Shares, but I didn’t want to mess with making the hacks work and limiting the time machine image size. After searching for free and not so free software that would have a nice GUI interface I decided to go about backing up my files the old fashioned way and writing my own Bash Shell script using rsync.

I’ve been using rysnc for years to backup web servers to other various servers, but really haven’t used it that much for backing my local desktop. After spending way to much time working on my rysnc script, I think I’ve finally come up with a solution that meets all of my requirements. Eventually I’ll probably set the script up so it runs automatically at a certain time everyday.

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