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1. #CHRONOSYNC IGNORE FILES BEGIN WITH PERIOD HOW TO#
2. #CHRONOSYNC IGNORE FILES BEGIN WITH PERIOD ARCHIVE#
3. #CHRONOSYNC IGNORE FILES BEGIN WITH PERIOD PORTABLE#
4. #CHRONOSYNC IGNORE FILES BEGIN WITH PERIOD PRO#

Once this is done, you can select Google Cloud as one of your targets and then back up to it. Follow the steps below to set up a Google Cloud connection profile.

Now that you have everything set up in Google Cloud, you can move over to ChronoSync and set things up so you can begin backing up to the Cloud. It has just enough complexity to solve most archival needs but not so much that it is impossible to get anything done.6. It's a great application that gets the job done. I don't bother with the rule based sync because I want to capture all changed files. Setup the email notification so that any errors are identified. In Error handling, I set "Ignore extended attributes and access control errors." I will just briefly outline my settings in the images below. See the image below for the specific settings I useĬhronosync has many individual settings for each sync. If any of these attributes are different between two files, Chronosync will copy the new version. We're going to be pretty general with the sync triggers. This is a nice safe guard to prevent accidental deletions on both machines.

#CHRONOSYNC IGNORE FILES BEGIN WITH PERIOD ARCHIVE#

I save deletions to an archive which I will go through and remove periodically. Now choose "options" so that Chronosync can auto-mount the remote machine when it is time for the scheduled backup to occur.Ĭhoose bidirectional sync and check the "Synchronize Deletions" box. I create a new Chronosync script and set the left source as my "documents" folder on my desktop and the right source as the documents folder on my laptop. Make sure to read the Macworld article about using multiple libraries. I only sync those one way (from the desktop to the laptop). Also, the iPhoto and iTunes libraries are handled very sepcifically. I don't want to run out of space on my portable.

#CHRONOSYNC IGNORE FILES BEGIN WITH PERIOD PRO#

While my Mac Pro has 750GB of drive space, my poor Powerbook only has 120GB (upgraded myself). I find it easier to use a series of Chronosync scripts to sync specific items rather than just doing a sync of the two home folders. The instructions that follow will outline bidirectional syncing since it is slightly more complicated. After the intial sync, you'll want to setup two way syncing to keep both machines identical. I am starting with the idea that my desktop has all of the master documents and I want to do an initial sync to replicate everything to my laptop. The first time you run the script, choose "Left to Right" sync. Mount the remote machine (in this case it is my laptop). There are some particular caveats that I will emphasize to keep from screwing up either machine.

#CHRONOSYNC IGNORE FILES BEGIN WITH PERIOD HOW TO#

Here's a brief breakdown of how to setup Chronosync to keep two machines up to date. It only syncs files that have been modified, so it saves time and drive space. As the name implies, Chronosync has a built in scheduler that will run any script at a predetermined time. I've been using it for about a year now for nightly backups to an external drive and it works great. It can synchronize two directions, archive deleted files, and even email a log file to you when it's all done. This application is one of those little gems that just works well. Today I was just thinking, "wouldn't it be great if I could do the same with all of my other documents?" Then I suddenly realized I own the must have application Chronosync by Econ technologies. Sure, all of my bookmarks, contacts, and keychains are all in sync between the two machines, but it just doesn't handle large data backups very well. But their Backup application just doesn't work very well. Apple's "Sync" utility does work great with a dot mac account. Many items only exist on one machine or the other. But, eventually you realize that there is a fly in the ointment.

#CHRONOSYNC IGNORE FILES BEGIN WITH PERIOD PORTABLE#

I have a powerful workstation for Aperture and a nice portable for couch surfing. You would think that this would be ideal. My particular setup is a Mac Pro in the study and an older 17" Powerbook in the living room. Thanks to Apple's aggressive release cycle, many Mac owners have a couple of different machines sitting at home.