From: none@not.here   
      
   vallor wrote:   
   > At Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:22:56 +0100, occam  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 14/02/2026 00:08, Shimon wrote:   
   >>> On 13/02/2026 13:14, occam wrote:   
   >>>> I'm currently transitioning from Windows to Linux Mint (under dual   
   >>>> boot). Before I abandon Win10 for good I want to be sure I am able do   
   >>>> everything in LM that I normally do under Win10.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Is there an LM way of backing up /synchronising my data files onto an   
   >>>> external drive? My favourite Windows program is SyncBack, which allows   
   >>>> the synching of the two drives (i.e. incremental backup) without the   
   >>>> need for a full backup every time. It shows me which files are to be   
   >>>> deleted, which are to be updated and which are new files to be   
   >>>> transferred - displayed in an easy-to-follow screen.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thanks for any pointers.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> These tools are great if you want easy file or folder backups without   
   >>> much setup:   
   >>>   
   >>> Déjà Dup Backups    
   >>> A user-friendly GUI backup tool (often installed by default on GNOME   
   desktops). Supports scheduled backups, encryption, and cloud services (e.g.,   
   Google Drive).   
   >>>   
   >>> TimeShift    
   >>> Creates system snapshots (like Windows System Restore). Ideal for   
   restoring your system after a bad update or change   
   >>>   
   >>> GNOME Backups    
   >>> Simple graphical backup utility with scheduled backups and   
   >>> incremental support.   
   >>>   
   >>> rsync    
   >>>   
   >>> The classic file-sync tool. Efficient and scriptable for custom backups,   
   network backups, and incremental copies.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> rclone    
   >>> Syncs and backs up to cloud storage providers (Google Drive, OneDrive, S3,   
   etc.).   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Wow! Thanks for the menu. I'll work my way down. (Deja Dup and rsync I   
   >> have already seen mentioned above.)   
   > Timeshift uses rsync on the backend (or btrfs snapshots, which I don't   
   > use.)  It expects the backup media to be on the local machine, but I   
   > use it to back up to an SanDisk Corp. Extreme Pro 55AF, which is   
   > NVME over USB, 4TB.  I also have a cron job to back up the Extreme Pro   
   > to the NAS periodically.  If I didn't have the Extreme Pro, I'd   
   > use iSCSI with the NAS, which will appear as a local block device   
   > on Linux (which means Timeshift will use it).   
   >   
   > By default, Timeshift doesn't back up /home directories, but you   
   > can configure it to do so.   
      
   but if you do you will lose newer files added since the snapshot, and   
   existing files will be overwritten with the versions current when the   
   snapshot was taken. best to use timeshift without adding personal files   
   (the default setting) AND use Backup Tool to save personal files. Then   
   both apps can be used independently of each other. ie. so the OS and   
   personal files could be restored from different time periods, if   
   necessary. at least this is my understanding of it.   
      
   >   
   > It's a shame we can't convince the Timeshift maintainers to support   
   > native backup to NFS...   
   >   
   > I'm also using the Extreme Pro for Time machine backups from our   
   > Mac Studio, which required setting up Samba on my workstation with   
   > the "fruit" extensions...   
   >   
      
      
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