![]() I could wipe the drive and recopy all the files every time, but this would put unnecessary wear on the backup drive and is massively time consuming, as well as making backups less frequent. So, what was I supposed to do? The two most obvious solutions were distasteful to me. For example, the complicating factors that drove me to find this solution were: I wanted to back up a 4 TB drive onto two 2 TB drives and, frankly, I didn’t want to pay for backup software. If you already use backup management software, you don’t have to worry about making sure that your files are distributed correctly… that’s what you bought the software for! If you’re like many people, however, it may not be that easy. (Sorry, PC people, today’s particular tip is only for Mac OS X and Linux users.) Welcome to week two of Save Your Photos month! During this awareness month we usually focus-rightly so-on restoring, preserving, and archiving physical photos, but I’d like to take a moment this September to provide a tip that will be a massive time- and effort-saver for anyone on a UNIX system who’s a little bit handy with the computer. ![]()
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