i need to sync folders on 2 machines

#1 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 - 00:17 68kMLA

Hi all,

A few months ago I installed a "new" IDE HD to my TAM - a 100GB 2.5" 7200RPM drive. It works, but has always been really slow, I'm suspecting it is on it's way out or there is an incompatibility here. I have a spare 80GB 2.5" 5400RPM drive (Apple branded Seagate).

All my vintage Macs are in storage at the moment, meaning I only have my Mac Pro available running Mavericks to try to clone the drive to the new one. Which apps will work - Disk Utility image, CCC, or something else? Will I be able to install the OS 9 driver somehow when formatting the new drive to HFS+?

Or should I connect the new drive as USB to the TAM, and just get it on 11mbps style copyfest?

Thanks a lot

JB

#1 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 - 21:02 PPCMLA

i know this can be done i would like to sync folders on 2 different machines then if changes are made to files in either folder they will update.

i have searched this i know this is stnd for notebook users but what about 2 desktop users?.

michael

#2 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 - 20:05 PPCMLA

The same procedures used for notebook machines should easily apply to desktops, if you already know the procedure for laptops, then just follow those.
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#2 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 - 04:47 68kMLA

Forget all that 5400/7200 RPM nonsense. CF cards and adapters are so cheap and readily available these days just make the swap. It will be the last thing you repair in your TAM for years to come and no sense in continuing to limp along with old/dying technology. I don't know if it's just me but all those 2.5" drives are failing on me left and right. I bought a 64GB CF card with adapter, shipped, for like 80 bucks.

Also, thus far, CCC is the best and easiest way to clone older drives.

#3 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 - 11:59 68kMLA

Thanks for the tips hap. I agree, but when you have a stack of large 2.5" IDE hard disks at the ready, I'll keep trying. My experience with CF hasn't been that glowing, I've found performance to be OK sometimes but sorely lacking in others. But, when I have the cash I'll try a good quality CF card one day.

#3 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 - 16:13 PPCMLA

well thats the problem i do not know how to sync folders. do i need additional software ?

#4 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 - 23:20 PPCMLA

I haven't done this before so I'm not just rusty on it, but there's nothing on which rust could have formed.

Although, for 99usd/year, you can get Apple's dotMAC service which includes a syncing tool. Also take a look at the iSync applications, but I think that that's really just the app that you use to perform the .mac data sync.

there are various other apps online, and of course, you could just connect the two machines and copy the data back and forth manually.

Those more in tune with UNIX than I will be able to tell you about shell scripts or whatever you can set up to compress and sync data between
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#5 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 - 22:24 PPCMLA

Here's a simple shareware app that'll do the job for you... I've been using it for a while.
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