I Want to backup only my photos as I have over 1.5 terabytes of photos (photographer) stored on my computer.
I don't wish to backup the rest of the computer.
I have tried to excude all other files however my 2tb hard drive is coming up saying its too small (it's empty). And that I need 2.24tb
however in about my Mac it says I only have 1.5tb of photos!
hope this all makes sense!!
Thanks for any assistance!
I'd say you haven't excluded everything but the data you want to backup. Frankly, Time Machine is not the best choice for what you want to do. I would suggest using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.5.5.
I'd say you haven't excluded everything but the data you want to backup. Frankly, Time Machine is not the best choice for what you want to do. I would suggest using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.5.5.
Is that just an application you can download online?
Yes. The link is to a clean site from which it can be downloaded. If you prefer you can get it from the developer at www.bombich.com. It is shareware.
Short answer... No, "Get Backup 3" from the Mac Apps Store.
I'm looking for the same solution, (Or was). Basically I want to back up just one folder multiple times a day to a flash drive, similar to the way Time Machine does. BETTER YET! (Million $ idea here...) I would like a local cloud, i.e. I make a change, it updates my local backup on my flash drive to be in sync right then and there when I make the change (Like drop box does). The closest thing I have found is "Get Backup 3" on the Mac App store. You can choose an Origin folder and a destination folder and set it to synchronize the two. You can choose the direction as well which is great, : Folder A to Folder B, or Folder B to Folder A, or even Bi-Directional updates. You can also schedule sync times. I set mine up for close to the end of the day. It backs up and I leave my thumb drive at work in case my laptop ever gets stolen at least I have a copy of my files backed up (Network here is very restrictive and painfully slow).
It's much easier to use than CCC for your purposes.
Hope that helps.
I, also, was looking for a way to backup my pictures folder to an external hard drive. I use Lightroom (Lr) and keep all of my photos within one folder. I wanted a way to backup up this one folder to an external drive, but not have to copy the entire folder every time, as this took about 20 minutes. I have Superduper, but it is not very good, if at all, for this sort of duplicating/backup.
I recently discovered, DropSync 3, by Mudflat Software, and this simple, rsync based software, does exactly what I was looking for. So simple to use, even I could figure it out. It will copy over only those files that have changed since the last backup. Check it out, it works for me.
Can I use time machine to only backup one folder?
