PUBLIC MARKS from user karlcow with tag backup

I'm planning to donate $100 to archive.org as I have a whole new appreciation for how rare an internet-wide full archive service -- one that includes images -- really is.

Flocl is a set of tools for creating a local copy of your Flickr photostream.

# FlickrTouchr - a simple python script to grab all your photos from flickr, dump into a directory - organised into folders by set - along with any favourites you have saved. You can then sync the photos to an iPod touch.

Amazon's S3 is a nice and cheap way to have a remote backup system. But it is REST based which make it not very easy to use. This project just add the normal file system semantic to it.

Apple's Time Machine is a great feature in their OS, and Linux has almost all of the required technology already built in to recreate it. This is a simple GUI to make it easy to use.

With PYBAG you can copy youself working files and directories into portable devices (as flashdrive or notebook, for example) and work with its.

When you can synchronize bag with you's original files easily.

If synchronization conflict occurs they will be reported.

You can specify rules for automatic conflict resolve - use newer or older file, specify direction for writing changes.

Backing up files has always been a tedious and wearisome process. We put it off like a yearly trip to the dentist.

While in fact, it simply never gets done. Discover Confiture — the simple escape from file loss problems.

Mathusalem is complementary to Time Machine as it backups automatically one or more directories of your choice to other external disks or remote servers in order to ensure extra safety of your most important data. Be aware that Mathusalem is not designed to "clone" an entire file system or a subportion of it, but instead to optimally handle everyday simple backups.

# you don’t think a few lousy gig’s of disk space on .Mac is enough # you think .Mac is a bit slow # you’d like backup.app to work without paying an annual fee

It’s only mentioned as a side thought that you can also use it to fully restore your hard drive in case of a crash. Restoring an entire disk, however, is the acid test of any backup system.