Do grsync/rsync work well on Mac?

Roland @web.de devzero at web.de
Sun Apr 21 09:09:37 UTC 2019


have a look at this one:
http://osxdaily.com/2016/04/17/speed-up-time-machine-by-removing-low-process-priority-throttling/

i also recommend taking a look at borgbackup and
https://github.com/borgbase/vorta

roland


Am 21.04.19 um 05:32 schrieb Peng Yu via rsync:
> Hi,
>
> I experience a slow backup problem with Time Machine on Mac. The info
> below does not help to reduce the backup time to a reasonable period.
>
> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204412
>
> So I'd like to use grsync/rsync to incrementally back my disk. I know
> that Time Machine somehow can create hard links to manage incremental
> links. Since grsync/rsync is primarily targeted at Linux, is it a good
> idea to use it for Mac?
>
> Also, by using grsync/rsync, I guess that I will loose the ability to
> recover the bootable ability of the disk (as in TimeMachine). Is there
> a walkaround for this? Thanks.
>



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