XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: keith_nuttle@yahoo.com   
      
   On 11/06/2024 1:54 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 06:56:02 -0500, knuttle wrote:   
   >   
   >> The computers are synced so they have the same files, and the Desktop is   
   >> backed up to the external drive.   While in some people eyes this is not   
   >> a backup as all are in the same house, but it is a back up as a file can   
   >> not be deleted or accidentally saved by mouse dribble.   
   >   
   > But the syncing will delete the file on the backup as well, the next time   
   > it runs.   
   >   
   > To guard against this, you need to maintain multiple generations of   
   > backup, say, going back 7 days.   
   I use Syncback free, to do my syncs.  When it finds differences it gives   
   the user a list of files that are different and the user decides what   
   files to copy where.  Nothing is ever lost completely, unless the user   
   messes up.   
      
   With Syncback Free, the files as stored under the unamended files names,   
   so if there is a difference, the file is saved under the same name on   
   both computes with user instructions.   
      
   Using Syncback Free, you can do a back up. In the backup mode, the files   
   are identified with date and time to distinguish them.   
      
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