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This choice will use rsync to simply copy files from source to destination. Each succeeding backup will copy just the changed files. This will keep the files on the destination exactly the same as on the source. You can select options in the settings panel (see below.)

Once you select the type you then check the Settings window for any other options you will need

Regular Backup settings

Basic Settings for each backup set

  1. Backup to folder. Check this for backupList+ to back up files into a folder that you name in the following text field. If you un-check this box there will be no special folder created and the files will be copied directly to the destination disk or folder.
  2. Dated special folder. Check this to make a new folder for the backup files with the current date stamp on it. This means each backup will be a separate dated archive and you won't be updating the same backup folder each time. This required for incremental backups. For incremental backup see incremental backup type..
  3. Rsync delete option. This causes rsync to delete and files on the destination that are not on the source. Warning! This is a destructive action and will cause loss of any data in the destination directory that is not present in the source directory. You must know what you are doing with this choice or risk data loss.
  4. Recreate full folder paths. This will create folders on the backup that re-create the folder paths on your hard drive. For example if you are copying your Mail folder it will be copied into a sequence of folders that mimic its position on your hard drive, > Mail > Preferences > Library > Home folder .

 

Backing up to a sparse disk image

You can have backupList+ create a sparse disk image, mount the image and then copy the source files into it. You can do this with regular, incremental or clone type backups.

Sparse disk image: Sparse images grow in size to the maximum you enter in the text field. With this option backupList+ will create the sparseimage, mount it and copy the source files into it. The next time you run this backup set, backupList+ will mount the image and update the source files with any new changes. You must enter a size for the initial disk image. This should be the maximum size you think the sparse image will need. It will however only occupy the disk space of its contained files which is very nice.