Syncing folders from your Mac to another source is extremely easy with RsyncX. RsyncX can even create entire bootable backups of your hard drive.
That’s right, “bootable”. Plug a removable USB hard drive in and sync your entire hard drive to the USB hard drive, choose the RsyncX options to make the drive bootable and you have a completely bootable backup system available at a moment’s notice.
Don’t kidd yourself about making a bootable full system backup; that 40GB firelite USB you’ve got laying around probably won’t cut it. Make sure the USB you are backing up to is comfortably larger than your Mac’s source hard drive. If you partition the USB before you begin your full system backup, you can still drop quick files onto it for simple storage or transfer.
My favorite thing about RsyncX? Its free.
Tim wrote,
The Link to the site to download RSyncX is invalid
Quote | Link | January 22nd, 2009 at 2:26 am
Kenny wrote,
All links to download sites for rsyncx_v2.1.tgz are invalid or fail. Most frustrating!
Quote | Link | February 19th, 2009 at 2:02 am
Orangina49 wrote,
Agreed, really frustrating, looked into other alternatives for the rsync Gui for mac.
i need to resign and use the rsync with terminal.
We need developers ! Help !
Quote | Link | March 19th, 2010 at 5:46 am
Fraccy wrote,
I found it at tucows: http://www.tucows.com/preview/290179
Quote | Link | April 19th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Orangina49 wrote,
Thank you ! got it now.
Quote | Link | April 20th, 2010 at 12:12 am