In the Windows side they have Task Scheduler, I think. In MacOS, is there native application that will allow me to schedule a daily backup of specific folders/files to a mapped network folder? If not, what are some options that will allow me to do this? Thank you.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.1
Phil0124 wrote:
On macOS there is Automator and shortcuts or both together. You can create a script that can copy files.
click here ➜ Automator User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
and here ➜ Shortcuts User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
Alternatively, Carbon Copy Cloner can also do this.
https://bombich.com/#complete-copy-control
Thank you. I will take a look at the KB article. Perhaps a script may work because I have tried the Automator following this YouTube video but it didn't work. I got this error.
On macOS there is Automator and shortcuts or both together. You can create a script that can copy files.
click here ➜ Automator User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
and here ➜ Shortcuts User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
Alternatively, Carbon Copy Cloner can also do this.
You could use crontab to schedule the automator task.
rsync would be a better command than copy - it can do all the things you want - deleting deleted source files on destination and it will copy files that are locked or in use, but the command line can get cumbersome.
I have used backuplist+ in the past to do what you want to do - it's a GUI for rsync and can run on a schedule.
Okay, I was watching another YouTube on Automator and I don't think it's working the way I thought it would. I got Automator to copy a file over to my mapped network drive. The issue is I couldn't find a way to schedule it. So every time there's a new file in the folder, it would constantly trying to copy the file in the background which is NOT ideal. Second, it only copies from the source folder and not updating from the source folder. So, if I delete a file from the source folder, this file will still exist on the destination folder which is not what I wanted. Third, I wanted to copy only updated/modified or new file to the destination folder. I don't know if Automator will be able to do all of these alone. Looks like I may have to try the script but even with script, is there a way to schedule it run at certain time of the day?
How do I create daily scheduled backup to network folder?
