Mac Pro :: Most Efficient Backup Workflow?
Jun 27, 2012
I've got a Mac Pro 2008 with four internal SATA drives which I back up with Deja Vu (don't care for Time Machine) on to four SATA drives housed in an Icy Dock. I back up all the key folders from Drive 1-Internal (users, apps, library, system, along with some other folders) but I do not have an OS installed on this drive. If my Drive 1-Internal fails, the option is to boot an OS from a DVD or USB drive and do a clean install onto an empty drive. I can then copy my backed up folders onto the newly-formatted drive.Â
The first issue is that you have to have a hard disk at your disposal that is either new or you're willing to wipe clean. The second concern is that it takes more time to do a clean install and transfer backed up files than if you had a backup drive with an OS installed that you could boot from.Â
What are the advantages of installing an OS on Drive 1-External? Doing this would mean having to run software updates on two separate drives? Apart from decreasing the downtime involved to reformat a new drive, isn't it preferable to do a clean install on the new main hard disk? Opinions?
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Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Mar 20, 2012
Using OS 10.4.11 on a PowerPc G5, what is the most efficient way to backup?
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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Oct 19, 2010
I just received my new mac and few days ago I had found a link in one of the threads about how to reinstall the oSX without all the unnecessary crap, in order to reduce the size of it.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LINK...I spent hours and hours in the forum but I didn't find it...anybody knows about that article?
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Dec 8, 2010
I'm debating on macbook memory upgrade. I want to upgrade memories on my macbook 2007
Model Name:MacBook
Model Identifier:MacBook2,1
Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:2 GHz
Number Of Processors:1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache:4 MB
Memory:1 GB
Bus Speed:667 MHz
I think the maximum capacity is up to 3 GB. , so wondering what's the best pair matching for most efficient result.
2 x 1 GB.
1x 1 GB. + 1x 2GB.
2 x 2 GB.
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Sep 15, 2008
I am getting heavily into 3D animation and modelling, and as such have purchased a 2.8Ghz 2008 Mac Pro 8-core. I currently have raid-0 my two 320Gb hard disks; I know it's not very secure, but I'm just in the setting up phase right now, so that doesn't matter. My question is this; is there a MASSIVE performance increase, when upgrading from the stock 2x1Gb FBDIMM sticks, to, say 16Gb in 2Gb sticks, or 32Gb in 4Gb sticks?. What is most noticable? Finally, what raid configuration is optimal for both speed and peace of mind?.
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May 22, 2012
I recent got an Imac at the end of 2011. For future knowledge I would just like to know how I can maintain its high level of performance?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Aug 23, 2010
I'm running two of these enclosures: [URL] each with 2x2TB drives in RAID0 (i.e. 4TB per enclosure). I use one 4TB array for my user files, and the other for TimeMachine. My user array is connected via FW800, my question is - is it more efficient to connect the other (TM) array via USB2 or via daisy chained FW800? The enclosures use the Oxford 934DSb chipset, which is capable of saturating the FW bus, so thats 100MBps. As i understand it very few interfaces are capable of saturating a USB2 bus such that practically speaking even FW400 gives greater real-world throughput than USB2, despite the 60Mbps difference in spec.
Since one is a TM volume, when backing up from the user array to the TM array will the data have to pass through the computer's controller? It definitely will if it's FW800 -> USB2, but will it have to if it's daisy chained FW800? I'm told this might not be the case as some FW controllers support P2P communication but i can't find too much info about it. Even if there is P2P support the OS needs to know the progress of file transfers and so forth so can it do this even if the drives are transferring via P2P or can it only monitor that sort of thing if the data goes through it's controller? Essentially is it up to the OS or the controller to select the optimal route for data? If it's up to the OS does Mac OS support FW P2P? That said, even if the data does have to go to the computer from one array and back through the daisy chain to the other array, is it still practically faster than the USB2 route?
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Nov 6, 2010
There are some SSD that use very little power like the Intel SSD. Do you guys notice a battery life increase with a SSD that is power efficient?
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Jul 24, 2006
As I am planning to buy a MacBook today, what is the best, most efficient way for me to transfer my iTunes and iPhoto libraries? I already backed up my Documents on an external HD. I have a FW400 to FW400 cable. Is there a process using this that will be fast and easy?
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Feb 13, 2012
I am new to MACS as most of my experience has been with windows OS. I recently took some classes in video production (which initiated me to the MAC environment) but abandoned it due to frustration caused I believe by under-resourced computers in our lab (Mac Pro w just 3GB RAM running Final Cut Pro X) too many hours wasted watching the rainbow windmill. My offer to buy 16GB of RAM and loan it to them for a test was rejected.I want to continue working on video editing, so found a couple Power MACs and FCP v5.1. One is a 1.8Ghz dual (bought before I knew better) and the other a late 2005 Quad which I am configuring for editing. It currently has 10GB or RAM and I expect to bump that to the 16GB limit. The hard drive space shocked me. Who would design a case like that to hold just 2 drives? I see that additional internal drive cages are made by 3rd parties and am considering that. But before I get too involved, I need to learn more about MACs.I obviously bought these used and didn't get any install discs. There are 2 drives in the Quad. A 500GB holds about 100GB for the OS and applications. The second drive is 250GB and empty. As I understand it, the Quad supported only SATA version 1 (150MB/s) correct? Will it support 2TB drives?
I'd like to separate the OS and APs from the data and think that the 250GB drive would suffice for that purpose. Can the files on the boot drive be cloned to the 250GB drive so I can use it to boot from? In the alternative, I might replace both with 2TB drives if the OS (10.5.8) will support that. The primary concern here is to keep all the existing APs functional.I am just now taking a linux class and the advice there is to create lots of different partitions. Onr for the kernel and system files, another for APs, etc and to create a swap file on a different drive for optimal performance. I think that would be the same for the scratch file for video rendering.
Aside from the 2 HD bays, I am studying the idea of a SATA card that would support internal as well as external sata devices. Given that rendering is processor-intensive, is there any advantage to adding a SSD via a SATA card running at 3 or 6GB/s? One reference I read indicated that the video can't be processed faster than the existing HDs can take it. If true, then I wouldn't see much advance in adding faster drives. But if someone that ahs experience with such, I'd like to get some input.As to the 1.8 Dual G5 that I grabbed before i 'discovered' the Quad, I'll probably use that more for video capture since its PCI-X slots will accomodate my video capture cards inputting mostly miniDV tape media.
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Power Mac G5 (Late 2005), Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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Apr 22, 2010
Does anyone know of an automator workflow that will create a document or otherwise capture a list of URL's, or associated a URL to each image, when an image is dragged from a webpage to the desktop or to a folder?
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Feb 21, 2012
I am trying to adapt a workflow that i downloaded from Finished workflow, ready to use zip | 148 kb Sourced from: url...The workflow is a rsync workflow that syncs (mirrors) two folders.At present the Run Shell Script runs rsync -va --delete "$1/" "$2/".However, i would like the script to prompt me with a "Would you like to run a dry run? " dialogue box with a Yes/No answer. The Yes command would run the following script (Dry run) rsync -vaun --delete "$1/" "$2/".The No command would run the following script (Actual run) rsync -vau --delete "$1/" "$2/" set question to display dialog "Would you like to run a Dry Run?" buttons {"Yes", "No"} default button 1 set answer to button returned of question.
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MacBookPro, iOS 5.0.1, Mac Office 2011
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Mar 28, 2012
I have a workflow that I use often. Is there a way to add it to the library? I added a folder called My Workflows, but can't save any of them to that folder.
Info:MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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Jan 2, 2009
I am new to automator. I'm working on a Powerbook G4, in osx.4.11, and I'm trying to save a workflow as a plug-in in automator. When I click file>save as plug-in, nothing happens. I get no pop-up, and no plug-in is saved. I've tried this with various workflows.
I'm also having trouble adding actions to the workspace (even ones that make sense to add, i.e. I am following a tutorial to create a workflow that others have made before).
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Jun 21, 2010
I've always backed up the DVDs I've purchased for when the originals get scratched. On a PC I had a decent workflow that involved a decrypter, a compressor, and Roxio burning ROM. Now on a Mac I'm a bit lost. I've used handbrake to rip DVDs to be playable in iTunes and have Burn installed, but there seems to be something missing, namely a compression tool and the ability to keep the original DVDs menu structure, etc. I know about Mactheripper but am lost after that. Shed some light on this for me?
27" iMac, Snow Leopard
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Mar 13, 2012
Hi all, here's what I'm trying but failing to achieve in Automator:Â
1) When files are added to "foldername" or any of its subfolders
2) Copy that file to "newfolder"Â
What is actually happening with my workflow below is it only takes action if something is added directly into "foldername" and ignores files added to subfolders like "foldername/subfolder".Â
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Macbook Pro, 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 450GB HD
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Jun 10, 2012
I am trying to create a workflow that will monitor a webpage and send me email if the page contains a certain keyword. I got it working, I get email; the email contains the keyword, or is an empty message when the keyword is missing.I would rather not get these empty messages is possible. Until I figure this out, I may send these message at some gmail address and create a fiter there to forward only message with that keyword. Not elegant but should work. Anyway, long term I want a more elegant solution. Here is what I have in Automator:
1) Get Specific ULRs
2) Get Text from Webpage
3) Filter Paragraphs (and here is where I check whether the keyword shows up or not)
4) New mail message (which contains they keyword from #3, or is empty)
5) Send outgoing messages.
As I said, the workflow always works, and will send a message with that keyword, or an empty message. How do I make the workflow send email ONLY if they keyword is detected? There is not IF in Automator as far as I can see. This is the first time I try to do something in Automator so maybe I am missing something.
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Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jul 2, 2012
Please accept my apologies if I'm posting in the wrong section . I've been using the fantastic Create Booklet PDF Service (workflow) by Christoph Vogelbusch (his page is on .mac, so it just went bye-bye). I'd like to turn this worklfow into a folder action so that when a file is added to the folder, a pdf booklet is created automatically. In particular, I'm interested in doing this in Microsoft Word. Can anyone tell me if this is even possible, and if so, either point me in the right direction (or, at least, to the best Automator community where I might repost this request)?
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2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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Aug 27, 2014
What I try to do is pick a photo from a defined folder ("gallery"), scale it and upload it to my Wordpress side. I automatically want to run this workflow every morning at a specific time so that the pictures changes everyday. It may sound strange that almost everything is done but two things are missing:Â
a) How do I tell Automator to use a random file from the "gallery" folder? How do I tell it to use the "gallery" folder in the first place?
b) How do I schedule that task? Is there a scheduler function somewhere that I missed?Â
Right now I use it manually as a service for images - that's why the first action is the copy action.Once the picture is scaled down to 230px and loaded into the folder "image_upload_temp" Hazel will take the file and upload it. I need to copy the file first to keep the original and scale a copy and then move it to the target folder because Hazel shall not upload the unscaled but only the scaled version.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 15", 8GB
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Mar 24, 2009
I want to set up a Automator workflow so that whenever I move Photo's to a certain folder, it will automatically copy those files to another folder, how can I do this ?
I have already created one, but after the first ' sync' it has failed and now does not work.
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Mar 1, 2012
I have a multi-step automator workflow that has an embedded "Launch Application" step that calls an applescript application that I've written. The application goes through a list of URLs. I don't want the workflow to start with the next step until my application has cycled through all the URLs. Currently, I have hard coded a pause into the workflow, but I'm looking for something more precise (if I set the pause too long, it results in unnecessary delays, if I set it too short, my workflow gets messed up).Â
I'm assuming there is some way to modify my application and/or the workflow to send a complete status that can trigger the next step in my workflow.
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Applescript, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Mar 14, 2012
I'm updating an Automator workflow for OS X Lion that I initally developed and used, without issue, in OS X Tiger. The workflow asks for a name, creates a folder for the name, takes a digital image with a Nikon D50 connected to the computer, and saves the image to the new folder. This aspect of the workflow works fine.Â
I then have a prompt asking if we should take another. If the user says "yes," the script should take another image and save it to the folder. This is where I run into an issue. When I attempt to add another "Take a Picture Action" into the workflow, I get the cryptic (at least to me) error message in the attached screenshot. Â Â
Here's the text:Â
"Cannot update for observer <AMWorkflow 0x400458ac0> for the key path "parameters.name" from <TakePicture 0x403e3b0a0>, most likely because the value for the key "parameters" has changed without an appropriate KVO notification being sent. Check the KVO-compliance of the TakePicture class."Â
The language of this error would seem to indicate a bug.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3), White
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May 22, 2012
I am trying to build a modular workflow to perform a NetRestore of Lion, rather than the old fashioned way of cloning a system. I am using SIU 10.7.3 on a 10.7.4 client iMac. Our servers are running 10.6.8 Server. I am also trying to follow the directions from the 10.6 Deployment book from Peach Pit, as well as looking things up in SIU's built-in Help and I am running into problems.Â
Firstly, I am not clear on how to install 3rd party apps such Office 2011 or apps that install via .mpgks. I created a couple of test Workflows and when I tried to include the Office installer, it would fail at the very last step of the NetRestore. Mpgks would not even install at all. Â
I am also not clear on how to inlcude apps that do not install via packages, such as Firefox.
Secondly, documentation is confusing regarding workflows that work for Netinstall and Netrestore. The Add User action is only available for NetBoot workflows and not NetInstall modular workflows, which doesn't really make sense.Â
Why is the Add Packages and Post-Install Scrpits available only on NetInstall images? It makes more sense to me that this action should be available for NetRestore workflows.Â
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Apr 5, 2012
I am using this action in a workflow. I have downloaded the Auxiliary Tools and put PackageMaker in /bin. When I run the workflow, it barfs on this action. The error message is "launch path not accessible."
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Mac OS X (10.7), iMacs, MacBook, and iPhone 4
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Oct 26, 2008
I am getting the following error from Time Machine when doing my first backup. The startup disk being backed up, and the TM disk are both the same size.
Macintosh HD: 465.44 (total); 393.99 (free); 71.45 (free)
Time Machine: 465.44 (total); 465.29 (free)
The Time Machine error is: Quote:
"This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 472.7 GB but only 465.3 GB are available." why would this be? Other disks are excluded from the backup, and Time Machine is telling me that it needs more space than it actually needs. What should I do?
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Jun 12, 2012
I have set up an automator service that TAR's a folder into an archive for me and it works quite nicely. Idealy however, I would like to be able to highlight several folders, right click and have automator tar each folder into it's own TAR archive, but do it one by one. Â
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I'm not 100% sure so I guess it would be a good time to verify, is there a problem with having the system try to TAR multiple folders at one time? If it is not a problem then I guess this discussion itself is pointless and I can simple right click on each folder and select "TAR Folder" and just wait until they're all finished. I would think that it would be ideal for the system to do each one individually and not try to do them all at one time.Â
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May 1, 2008
I was a PC user who recently moved to mac. I have a macbook (intel 2.2GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD). When I was using PC, I backed up all my data to a network storage device (Buffalo LinkStation 250 GB connected to a 802.11g netgear router which is supplied by Sky) using a program called SmartSync Pro, which worked very well. Although I can connect to and mount the Share folder on this drive when the macbook is connected to the network, Time Machine will not back up to it. It wouldnt even recognise the disk on the network.
So I went onto the trusty internet, and found that you can get time machine to recognise the Share folder. (This was obtained from: http://blog.imulus.com/george/software/using-leopard-time-machine-to-backup-of-a-network/)See my comment on their page at the bottom, number 66.
It recommended entering the following in to the Terminal: defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1
Before attempting backup I have to go into "Network" and select the Share folder by double clicking on it. This seems to mount the volume. After this, it can be seen in Time Machine as a potential backup destination.
However, this method does not work for me. Time Machine "prepares" for a while, then gives the following message: Time Machine error. The backup disk image could not be created.
More internet searching took me to macosxhints which suggests creating something called a sparsebundle image on my local system. (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080420211034137) Have not tried this yet as I thought it would be prudent to seek some help first.
Apple have deliberately disabled the ability for Time Machine to back up to network attached storage, (except of course to their proprietory Time Capsule):
Is this because time machine requires a network faster than 802.11g?
Is this because a time machine backup to a network attached storage device is unreliable and the data is corrupted?
I dont want to shell out more cash for a time capsule. I would prefer not to have to hardwire to an external drive (which I will also have to go out and buy). Any thoughts?
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Mar 20, 2012
I just purchased a Seagate 3 TB USB 2.0/3.0 external drive to use as my time machine backup drive. I have a MacBook Pro that was purchased about 3-4 years ago. The MacBook Pro has a 120 GB hard drive and is currently running MAC OSx 10.6.8. I also have another WD 1 TB FireWire external drive that I use to store all of my media files. Â
After I followed the instructions for installing the new Seagate drive for use with the MAC OSx, I initiated a time machine backup. It very quickly determined that it needed to back up almost 900,000 files totaling just about 400 GB. It started the backup process at a rate of about 1 GB per minute. In a little less than an hour it reach 53 GB and remained there for an additional two hours before I decided to stop the backup. Â
Once I got the backup stopped, I deleted the backup and decided to look at my energy saving settings. I noticed that the "Put drives to sleep whenever possible" check box was checked, so I unchecked that option and restarted the MAC. I then initiated the time machine backup again. Like the first time it quickly determined that it needed to backup the same amount of data as before and started the backup process at a rate of about 1 GB per minute. Before going to bed at around 11 PM last night it was at about 60 GB so I thought I was out of the woods (having gotten further than the 53 GB earlier). When I woke up this morning at 5:30 AM it was sitting at 69 GB.Â
I am really frustrated at this point and don't know why the time machine back up would be failing on a brand new hard drive. PS - I was previously using a Seagate 1.5 TB USB drive as my time machine backup and never had any issues with it. I decided to use the 1.5 TB drive for a different purpose, which is why I have the new 3 TB drive to use as a backup. And I still have the full backup on the 1.5 TB drive just in case anything were to go awry.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Mar 24, 2012
When i try to backup data or transfer large amounts of data, like 40gb or more, between drives, the process just stops without warning or explanation. It dowsn't matter when backup i use, Time Machine or WD Smartware.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 30, 2012
I have a external HD which has always worked fine under snow leopard. Since upgrading to lion I keep getting the following message The identity of the backup disk has changed since the previous backup.The disk may have been replaced or erased, or someone may be trying to trick your computer into backing up to the wrong disk. And after this the drive disappears from the desktop appearing agian only after restart. What can I do do rectify this? Delete and re-intialise the drive?
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MacProQuad2.6 4gbRam, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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