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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 749225" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>I manually move my main catalog images onto an external USB drive. I then use a piece of software called <a href="https://nikonites.com/photography-q-and-a/45003-photo-organization.html#post749206" target="_blank">FreeFileSync</a> (that's literally free <strong><em>and</em></strong> works on MacOS and Windows) to compare what's changed on the main drive with a pair of mirrored backups (that's 12 TB in total) and adjust the backups to match the master. This identifies not just what is new and moves it over but also what has changed been changed (edited) and fixes that. I can also run it so it identifies and files on the backup that are no longer on the master and either restore those files or delete them on the backups as well. Really useful piece of software even if you had to for it.</p><p></p><p>For laptop backups I've given up on Time Machine and use something called CarbonCopyCloner which can create a bootable backup of your hard drive. In other words, if something goes bad in the boot process of your Mac you can boot from the backup drive and have everything. I'd heard it recommended from a couple guys who have been using Apple computers for decades and it's saved their butts multiple times, and made moving to a new machine a piece of cake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 749225, member: 9240"] I manually move my main catalog images onto an external USB drive. I then use a piece of software called [URL="https://nikonites.com/photography-q-and-a/45003-photo-organization.html#post749206"]FreeFileSync[/URL] (that's literally free [B][I]and[/I][/B] works on MacOS and Windows) to compare what's changed on the main drive with a pair of mirrored backups (that's 12 TB in total) and adjust the backups to match the master. This identifies not just what is new and moves it over but also what has changed been changed (edited) and fixes that. I can also run it so it identifies and files on the backup that are no longer on the master and either restore those files or delete them on the backups as well. Really useful piece of software even if you had to for it. For laptop backups I've given up on Time Machine and use something called CarbonCopyCloner which can create a bootable backup of your hard drive. In other words, if something goes bad in the boot process of your Mac you can boot from the backup drive and have everything. I'd heard it recommended from a couple guys who have been using Apple computers for decades and it's saved their butts multiple times, and made moving to a new machine a piece of cake. [/QUOTE]
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