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superduper and smart-sync problem
I am using "superduper" for years to make a 1:1 backup of my macbookpro's SSD. It's in addition to TimeMachine and allows me to work (nearly) without interruption if the computer or it's drive fails....
I just discovered this very easy solution:
Simply "program" a new superduper-script which ignors the directories "users/*/Dropbox*"
For the easy steps to create a script refer to page 20 on this document:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.shirtpocket/SuperDuper/SuperDuper.pdf
Hope this helps!
That is the problem. How do I set up an exclusion so that SuperDuper doesn't try to back up my Dropbox folder with most of the files online only. I can no longer use SuperDuper because of this, as it hangs up when it gets to the Dropbox folder. I want to exempt just that folder. where is this link to how to set up a script for this?
I just discovered this very easy solution:
Simply "program" a new superduper-script which ignors the directories "users/*/Dropbox*"
For the easy steps to create a script refer to page 20 on this document:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.shirtpocket/SuperDuper/SuperDuper.pdf
Hope this helps!
I was not comfortable with not having the entire Dropbox folder not backed up by SuperDuper!.
The solution that worked for me, and still allowed the Dropbox folder to be backed with SuperDuper! was that is created a folder called "Not on MBP" (I have a MacBook Pro) within the Dropbox folder: "Users/<me>/Dropbox/Not on MBP". I then moved all the files I had marked as Online Only to that folder. I marked the entire folder Online Only, then waited for all the files within and the folder itself to be labeled Online Only by Dropbox. Once that was done, I created a copy script in SuperDuper! (I merely duplicated the main copy script and modified it), that included an ignore command that pointed to that folder.
Thereafter, the entire Dropbox folder was backed up, except for the Online Only folder and files (along with the rest of the computer, of course).
Hope this helps!
