You can create as many or as few synchronizer task documents as desired. The scope of a synchronizer task can be a single folder with just a few files or an entire hard drive with millions of files.
Multiple tasks can specify the same source for a backup operation but different destinations. Tasks can be chained so that the output of one is the input for another. Multiple tasks can also be combined in a single task container and behave like a single task — the possibilities are truly limitless.
This guide will present a variety of techniques that build upon the document-based concept. You can use one or a combination of the methods listed below to narrow down your backup scope using ChronoSync.
Using a creation assistant will help you get your backups configured and running quickly and easily. Assistants guide you through the process of configuring a synchronizer task to achieve a specific goal. This helps to quickly get your task configured with the required settings without being exposed to the optional settings that could be overwhelming. ChronoSync provides a handful of creation assistants.
This assistant will create a synchronizer task that will backup multiple folders that you choose and copy them and their contents to a single destination. The Narrow Scope Approach focuses on configuring synchronization and backups to scan a very specific set of files and folders. You typically will setup multiple synchronizer tasks and combine them or run them individually. If you want to synchronize or backup all your personal documents or files you would simply select the folder they are contained in as the target.
This is the method you should use for synchronizing a single folder. If you wish to synchronize multiple folders, use separate tasks for each folder you wish to backup.
A task container will run multiple tasks as one. This is a really convenient and clean way to keep track of multiple tasks. The broad scope approach targets a a very large set of files and folders to synchronize or backup.
When a folder is excluded, all the files and folders contained within it are likewise excluded. A bootable backup is a copy of your entire boot drive — the drive that contains the operating system. When do you need a bootable backup? Everything, from language settings to photos. Backups are your best friends until… they become your enemies.
And if you decide to backup to iCloud, you might lose access to your files if you delete them. We recommend you choose one reliable backup app that can do both — routine scheduled backups and bootable backups. Get Backup Pro is the best choice, in our opinion. Try free. Get an ultimate backup app Data loss? Impossible with Get Backup Pro on Mac. Get Setapp. How and when to clone Mac hard drive for safekeeping. Your email. Back Think of a strong password.
Continue with new account. Your password Show. Back What should we call you? Your name. To restore your system or even a single file to a previous point in time, click the menu bar and choose Enter Time Machine. You'll see your previous Time Machine backups like cards in a rolodex; scroll through and find the one you want and click the Restore button. Where Time Machine is a complete and total system backup, iCloud only stores some of your data.
I suggest clicking the Options button next to iCloud Drive to see the files and folders that are stored in your account. It should include your Desktop and Documents folders, along with any apps you use that store data in iCloud Drive.
If you've spent countless hours curating and crafting your personal music library from old CDs, you may want to create an extra backup. To be clear, Time Machine will include your music library in its routine backup runs, so this is an extra step that's completely optional. Before you start, make sure to consolidate your Music library.
This step will make sure every media file in your library is stored in the Media file that you're about to back up. If you skip this step, you risk leaving out files you have stored in different areas on your Mac. Once that process is done, open Finder and click the folder that has your username.
Next, click Music and then Music again. There you'll find a file titled Music Library. Drag and drop that file to an external drive to create a copy. Depending on how big your music library is, it can take several hours to transfer.
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