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Added by Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza over 10 years ago
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overwrite=1 sync_local_dir=~/ sync_remote_subdir= bin/sync_upload --exclude="/Library/Saved Application State/" --exclude="/.Trash/" --exclude="/bin/" --exclude="/bin/pg_ctl" --exclude="/bin/unzip" --exclude="/Dropbox/home/" --exclude="/.profile" --exclude="/.shrc" --exclude="/.bashrc" --exclude="/software/**/.svn/" |
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stop Dropbox: system tray > Dropbox icon > gear icon > Quit Dropbox
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pause Dropbox: system tray > Dropbox icon > gear icon > Pause Syncing
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this prevents Dropbox from trying to capture filesystem |
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events while syncing |
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overwrite=1 sync_local_dir=~/ sync_remote_url=~/Dropbox/home/ bin/sync_upload --exclude="/Library/Saved Application State/" --exclude="/.Trash/" --exclude="/.dropbox/" --exclude="/Documents/BIEN/" --exclude="/Dropbox/" --exclude=/gmvault-db/ --exclude="/software/" --exclude="/VirtualBox VMs/**.sav" --exclude="/VirtualBox VMs/**.vdi" --exclude="/VirtualBox VMs/**.vmdk" |
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start Dropbox: /Applications > double-click Dropbox.app
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resume Dropbox: system tray > Dropbox icon > gear icon > Resume Syncing
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to backup files not in Time Machine: |
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**IMPORTANT**: need to use 2 TB external hard drive instead of Time |
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Machine drive because Time Machine drive does not have |
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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/BIEN3.**SAVE**/' sudo -E put --exclude='/\**' --exclude=/.fseventsd/ --exclude=/private/var/vm/ |
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stop Dropbox: system tray > Dropbox icon > gear icon > Quit Dropbox
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pause Dropbox: system tray > Dropbox icon > gear icon > Pause Syncing
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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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l=1 overwrite=1 src=/ dest='/Volumes/BIEN3.**SAVE**/' sudo -E put --exclude='/\**' --exclude=/.fseventsd/ --exclude=/private/var/vm/ |
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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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resume Dropbox: system tray > Dropbox icon > gear icon > Resume Syncing
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to restore from Time Machine: |
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# restart holding Alt |
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# select Time Machine Backups |
Also available in: Unified diff
/README.TXT: backups of ~/.dropbox/: just pause and resume Dropbox instead of quitting and restarting it