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Revision 14580

Added by Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza over 10 years ago

fix: /README.TXT: to back up the local machine's hard drive: "repeat until only minimal changes" should refer to the first sync command

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		l=1 overwrite=1 src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --exclude=/.fseventsd --exclude=/private/var/vm --exclude=/usr/local/var/postgres --exclude=/Users/aaronmk/.dropbox
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			# no --extended-attributes: rsync has to visit every file for this
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			# runtime: 10 min (~600); initial runtime: 4-13 h ("2422.84"+"12379.91" .. "45813.19"+"747.96")
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		# repeat until only minimal changes
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		l=1 overwrite=1 src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --exclude=/.fseventsd --exclude=/private/var/vm
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		stop Dropbox: system tray > Dropbox icon > gear icon > Quit Dropbox
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			otherwise, the backup of ~/.dropbox will be corrupted
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		launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist # stop the PostgreSQL server
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		screen
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		l=1 overwrite=1 src=/ dest=/Volumes/Macintosh\ HD\ backup/ sudo -E put --exclude=/.fseventsd --exclude=/private/var/vm
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		# repeat until only minimal changes
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		launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.postgresql.plist # start the PostgreSQL server
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		start Dropbox: /Applications > double-click Dropbox.app
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	to restore from Time Machine:

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