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Nov 20, 2008 12:02 |  #1

I'm looking for a program that I can use to automatically back up files to another hard drive. I want to back up my Lightroom catalog once a day on another hard drive. It doesn't need to read a rewrite every file, just the files that have been changed. Does anyone know of any software that does this? Thanks.


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Nov 20, 2008 12:10 |  #2

If you're on a Mac with Leopard this is precisely what its Time Machine does (hourly).


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Nov 20, 2008 12:16 |  #3

If you're just looking to backup your Lightroom catalog data, then you can use LR's own backup features under Edit>Catalog Settings.

If you're looking for something to backup entire directories, I like Microsoft's free SyncToy. (Assuming of course you're on a PC).

http://www.microsoft.c​om …D0592D8C52&disp​laylang=en (external link)


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Nov 20, 2008 12:21 |  #4

I'm on a PC.
Thanks. I'll check those out when I get home.


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Nov 20, 2008 13:17 |  #5

Try a program called Second Copy... Cheap and also can create version archives.

http://www.centered.co​m/ (external link)

Far more intuitive than SyncToy. It's also pretty cheap bit of software.


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Nov 20, 2008 19:53 |  #6

I downloaded Second Copy and it is running right now and I have it scheduled to run. I'll try it out and probably end up buying it. Thanks for the info, it is exactly what I was looking for!


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Nov 26, 2008 17:13 |  #7

I've been using second copy for years. It works great.




  
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Nov 26, 2008 17:15 |  #8

Acronis True Image. It does incremental backups, which means each backup you do, you can choose to only back up new files. It saves a ton of time.


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