Re: 30 Years Of Netscape

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.