Comments on: Rsync, RsyncX 2.1 & OS X http://www.goland.org/rsync/ Technology, Politics, Food, Finance, etc. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Pw http://www.goland.org/rsync/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Pw Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:27:18 +0000 #comment-850 I've tried 3-4 different ways of creating these public/private keys but I'm still getting prompted for passwords. Have looked at debugging and it seems to be offering the keys ok but still no luck. I’ve tried 3-4 different ways of creating these public/private keys but I’m still getting prompted for passwords. Have looked at debugging and it seems to be offering the keys ok but still no luck.

]]> By: Yaron http://www.goland.org/rsync/comment-page-1/#comment-818 Yaron Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:18:30 +0000 #comment-818 <br/>Gert, I do agree that RSyncX is pretty nifty and once you do have it set up it runs like a champ. I don't worry at all about my backups because RSyncX does the job in spades, both for my local and across-the-network backups. Furthermore I'm really glad I can contribute back to the community by providing my article with step by step instructions. But, oy gevald, do you know how many hours it took me to figure out everything in that article and how many more to write it up in enough detail so that other people could skip my pain? Now that I've paid the price I'm a happy RSyncX user, but I really wish I could have skipped the pain all together. Gert, I do agree that RSyncX is pretty nifty and once you do have it set up it runs like a champ. I don't worry at all about my backups because RSyncX does the job in spades, both for my local and across-the-network backups. Furthermore I'm really glad I can contribute back to the community by providing my article with step by step instructions. But, oy gevald, do you know how many hours it took me to figure out everything in that article and how many more to write it up in enough detail so that other people could skip my pain? Now that I've paid the price I'm a happy RSyncX user, but I really wish I could have skipped the pain all together.

]]> By: Gert Veltink http://www.goland.org/rsync/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Gert Veltink Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:21:34 +0000 #comment-817 <br/>mail: veltink_AT_plymonster.com (remove nster)<br/><br/>Hi,<br/><br/>thanks for your description of RSyncX. <br/><br/>It's not entirely true that buying software would have been a better solution, at least not for me!<br/><br/>I already started using RsyncX myself even though I own a copy of Retrospect that came with my Maxtor OneTouch. At least that version of Retrospect does not allow you to make a backup over a network, which is a KO ctiterion for me. I don't know whether another version of Retrospect will allow network backups or whether you have to buy extensions to this software.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, I decided to stay away from Retrospect completely in part because I find the user experience "strange" and non-Mac like, which always makes me very cautious. But what really founded my decision is the user experience I got for the latest Retrospect version under Windows XP on my DELL M60. UNUSABLE! The application doesn't even paint its GUI correctly. So there I had to fall back to earlier version that's halfway decent. <br/><br/>I think RSyncX may be difficult to set up, but once you have it running it's a very nice tool.<br/><br/>Thanks for your decription once again!<br/><br/>Regards,<br/><br/>Gert mail: veltink_AT_plymonster.com (remove nster)

Hi,

thanks for your description of RSyncX.

It's not entirely true that buying software would have been a better solution, at least not for me!

I already started using RsyncX myself even though I own a copy of Retrospect that came with my Maxtor OneTouch. At least that version of Retrospect does not allow you to make a backup over a network, which is a KO ctiterion for me. I don't know whether another version of Retrospect will allow network backups or whether you have to buy extensions to this software.

Nevertheless, I decided to stay away from Retrospect completely in part because I find the user experience “strange” and non-Mac like, which always makes me very cautious. But what really founded my decision is the user experience I got for the latest Retrospect version under Windows XP on my DELL M60. UNUSABLE! The application doesn't even paint its GUI correctly. So there I had to fall back to earlier version that's halfway decent.

I think RSyncX may be difficult to set up, but once you have it running it's a very nice tool.

Thanks for your decription once again!

Regards,

Gert

]]> By: Allen Huffman http://www.goland.org/rsync/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Allen Huffman Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:02:32 +0000 #comment-819 <br/>Thanks for this information! I've been using a ditto script I found on macosxhints.com a long time ago, but went searching for something a bit more flexible. This looks like a winner (but I'd buy a backup package that could do what I want if I knew which one did that ;). -- Allen Thanks for this information! I've been using a ditto script I found on macosxhints.com a long time ago, but went searching for something a bit more flexible. This looks like a winner (but I'd buy a backup package that could do what I want if I knew which one did that ;). — Allen

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