Based on that here is my example: I have two folders I am syncing on two different hard drives: So with the goal of creating an Automator script, I still have to insert a terminal script. Today using this link: I was actually able to create an automator script that syncs up the two files I choose, but I would prefer to have the folders set up in advance. In the past dragging in folders into the Terminal has been a good way to establish pathing, but this time it's not working so well. I'm a novice at this although I have used the Terminal before to define file paths. I am syncing the directory /Volumes/TV_x265 on my source to the user storage1 at the 192.168.0.102 IP address on my home network in the destination directory /Sans_Digital/. The $1 allows me to pass another option into the script at run time like a -dry-run to have it show me the changes that will be made without actually doing anything before I really run the script to have it done. ds_store as it is linux machine I am syncing to and they are not needed there. The -exclude ".*/" skips any of the hidden files that OSX uses like the. The -delete will delete any file on the destination that is not present on the source directory.
#SYNC PROGRAMS MAC EXTERNAL DRIVES ARCHIVE#
Then the real task at hand use rysnc to archive the -a verbosely the v using progress option the P which allows you to killl of the process and have it resume without having to start from the beginning a file that has been partially copied.
#SYNC PROGRAMS MAC EXTERNAL DRIVES TV#
Rsync -avP -delete -exclude ".*/" $1 /Volumes/TV_x265 here you can see it is a bash script by the first line the #!/bin/bash then I echo to the Terminal what it is going to do namely sync my tv shows that are in x265. You do not put the directory in the synced to part rsync does that automatically and the trailing / on the destination is needed to let it know to sync in that drives folder structure not the entire drive it self as the sync destination.Įdit: here is a snippet of my script I use to backup my main storage machine to a backup for my TV shows I have stored, it may help you see what is needed for your script you are trying to do. In short when you want to sync a directory you go with this rsync options_used /Volumes/Drive/Directory_To_Sync then the destination where you want the directory to be created on/synced to the /Volumes/Drive_To_Sync_To/. This when ran results in the photos directory on the /Volumes/drive\ 1 drive being synced to the /Volumes/drive\ 2/ drive in what will be a photos directory on it once the sync is done. The synced to destination is in the second part the /Volumes/drive\ 2/ volume. The original folder being synced is the in the first part of the line after the rsync options given the /Volumes/drive\ 1/photos in there that tells rsync to sync the directory photos on/in the /Volumes/drive\ 1 volume. Where does the original folder end and the folder to copy to begin? Rsync -avP -delete /Volumes/drive\ 2/music /Volumes/drive\ 1/ Rsync -avP -delete /Volumes/drive\ 1/photos /Volumes/drive\ 2/ For automator, I think I either have to many or not enough ", / or \. I am familiar with the terminal and pathing, but when I drag a folder to the terminal to create a path, it does not look like it does in the examples. I'm just wondering if there is a common mistake what people make when typing in these types of commands. I know without showing you what I'm typing that that is a tall order.
Anyone care to give this article a gander and tell me possibly where I'm tripping up? Recently I've tried to follow the instructions in this article at to use tools within the MacOS to sync folders, but when I try to run a sync method 2 Terminal, or method 3 automator, I get an error message. I have invested in two different synch programs, one ( Sync) s out of date (they are supposed to be working on a MacOS updated version and the other one ( SyncMate) is not working properly.
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