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mime-backup

DescriptionBased on and inspired by Apple's Time Machine backup system. Mime is a backup program written in Python that will perform an initial full system backup to any mounted drive that is formatted to a standard Linux/Unix file system that supports hard links. All successive backups will ... [More] create full incremental system images, thus allowing multiple versions of files to exist on the backup media. The package also includes a powerful command line utility called lsmime for listing, restoring and deleting files from your backups. If you have more than one system in your home or office, each system can use the same backup media to backup their data without interrupting data backed up from the other systems. [Less]

DroboCapsule

DroboCapsule adds netatalk (AFP) functionality to a DroboShare. In turn it also adds support for TimeMachine backups to a Drobo via a DroboShare. Effectively it allows for a TimeCapsule-like backup system to a NAS drive.

easybackuptool

http://www.vincent-valton.com/WinLibre/GSoC08-EasyBackupTool.pdf

backmyfruitup

Welcome to the BackMyFruitUp project BackMyFruitUp adds netatalk (AFP) functionality to a DroboShare. In turn it also adds support for TimeMachine backups to a Drobo via a DroboShare. Effectively it allows for a TimeCapsule-like backup system to a NAS drive. This project is fully tested and ... [More] stable. Many people have reported faster transfer speeds using this product than with the built in SMB sharing on the DroboShare. This has been more than worth installing for some people just because of this. Start with the SetupGuideVersion2. Changes6/14/09: 2.0 has been released. Come and get it. Let me know of problems in the google discussion group. 2.0 uses the latest versions of the bundled software and runs as root now. 5/20/09: A new version is in the works, but not released yet. Please join the discussion group (linked on the right) to be notified of new releases. 11/14/08: Successfully completed a full restore test and added documentation to the SetupGuideVersion2. 11/12/08: Changed to the new project name BackMyFruitUp Added the 'source code' to the automator action to the downloads section. 11/10/08: v1.1 of Create Backup Volume automator action now creates 16 files per gig of backup. -imagekey sparse-band-size=131072 (131072 * 512 byte sectors = 64m) This provides better backup and restore performance. 11/6/08: Improved the process for setting up a TM backup... Added Create Backup Volume automator action. Rewrote SetupGuideVersion2 to reflect the new CBV app. v3 of the netatalk.tgz file. Fixes small issue with start script that could prevent avahi/dbus from starting. 11/4/08: Fixed avahi daemon eating up 100% cpu Hardened the netatalk-start.sh script. Added netatalk-stop.sh script. Fixed the tarball distribution for hot deploy. 11/3/08: Initial release. [Less]

iobacktothefuture

Backup system that try to mimic and close to the Apple OSX Time Machine database. Actually use Bash and rsync to build a clone of the source path to backup in the term of: Backups.backupdb/ hierarchy as provided into Time Machine. In the future should be relative easy port or migrate from GNU/ ... [More] ioBackToTheFuture backups to and from OSX Time Machine backups. Works for generic desktop users with simplicity. Type: ./ioBackToTheFuture0.1 /PATH/TO/BACKUP /BACKUP/DISK And you're done! [Less]

deloreanicons

An icon package for Mac OS X Leopard's Time Machine Application

mytimemachine

I'm really wanna find a tool that help me managing my life snippets, so that when i look back of my life, i can say proudly that: "My life is so splendid with all these vivid life snippets" ! OK, i have to accept that i'm a little forgetful, ... 2008/03/21 Beijing, china, buffer

gazoo

Never loose another file again!!! Gazoo! is a command-line backup tool for Linux/UNIX-based systems that mimics the efficient slickness of Apple's Time Machine Backup system! It's based on rsync and using the techniques described in "Time Machine for every Unix out there". ... [More] In Gazoo!, it it has been refined into a command with consistent options and recoverability from errors and interruptions. Gazoo! is licensed under the GPL 3. :-D [Less]

timedog

timedog is a Perl script that displays the set of files that were saved for any given backup created by Mac OS X Time Machine. By default it shows those files that were saved in the most recent backup. The listing includes the file sizes before and after, as well as a total file count and size. The ... [More] script includes an option to summarize changes to a particular directory depth, producing a more concise display, helping to get an understanding of which areas of your system are taking up the most space in the backups. It can also sort by size, and/or omit files below a given size. UsageOpen Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) cd /Volumes/Time\ Machine/Backups.backupdb/[Computer Name] Note Time Machine may be different on your system. Replace [Computer Name] with the name of your computer (see System Preferences => Sharing). /path/to/timedog -d 5 -l For instance, if you unzipped timedog to your Desktop, the path would be ~/Desktop/timedog The example above uses the options -d 5 -l which will summarize the changes up to five directory levels deep, and hide rows that pertain to symbolic links. These links are often meaningless and can safely be ignored. Below is an example of the output. $ ~/Desktop/timedog -d 5 -l ==> Comparing TM backup 2009-01-15-080533 to 2009-01-15-070632 1.6KB-> 2.9KB /.Backup.log 0B-> 0B /.com.apple.TMCheckpoint 956B-> 956B /.exclusions.plist 0B-> 0B /Macintosh HD/.com.apple.timemachine.supported 1.1KB-> 1.1KB /Macintosh HD/private/var/db/.TimeMachine.Results.plist 1.1KB-> 1.1KB [1] /Macintosh HD/private/var/db/ 12.0KB-> 12.0KB /Macintosh HD/Users/nfiedler/.DS_Store 6.5MB-> 6.6MB [26] /Macintosh HD/Users/nfiedler/Library/Application Support/ 0B-> 245B [1] /Macintosh HD/Users/nfiedler/Library/Favorites/ 40.3KB-> 42.7KB [29] /Macintosh HD/Users/nfiedler/Library/Preferences/ 1.4MB-> 1.4MB [27] /Macintosh HD/Users/nfiedler/Library/Thunderbird/ ==> Total Backup: 111 changed files/directories, 8.08MBThe number in square brackets (e.g. [26]) indicates the number of files and/or directories that changed within that particular directory tree. So in the example above, 26 entries under Application Support where changed. Time Machine over the NetworkIf you are using Time Machine over the network, such as with the Time Capsule product, you will probably need to mount the backup disk image before you can use the timedog script. To do this, open the Disk Utility application (from Spotlight, type "disk utility" and press Enter; or use Finder navigate to /Applications/Utilities and launch Disk Utility), then open Finder and navigate to the network share that contains your backup image. Select and drag the disk image to the Disk Utility window and drop it. You should then see the image name in left pane of the Disk Utility window. Now select that row and click the Open button in the toolbar. A small window will appear that shows the progress. When it shows "verifying", click the Skip button; another dialog appears to report a warning, just click Ok. At this point you will have the Time Machine backup image mounted and available for browsing. You can now follow the example usage shown in the above section. Copying Time Machine volumesIf you have a need to copy a Time Machine volume without using a disk block copy utility, then timecopy.py might be for you. See the UsingTimecopy page for details on how this script can be used and why. Files AccessibilityIf your time machine backup includes files which are not reachable or readable as a normal user, you should run timedog using sudo # sudo /path/to/timedog -d 5 -l [Less]

no-timemachine

Time Machine module