• Re: Synchronise tree of files to another location

    From nospam@nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) to uk.comp.sys.mac on Mon Jan 26 21:57:41 2026
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    D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 26 Jan 2026 at 11:08:23 GMT, "J. J. Lodder" <J. J. Lodder> wrote:

    Nice idea, but unfortunately, several hundred folders, so really I need
    some sort of click to select/deselect mechanism.

    I must confess that I really don't understand your problem.
    You have a source bundle, and a back-up of it,
    but you don't want the back-up to be identical to the source.

    What could be the point of that?

    I'm still trying to find a nice way to get a selection (1000s of items,
    needs to be updated now and then) from my music library (many thousands of items and growing) that needs to be updated now and then, onto another medium.

    Brute force solution: copy all to a spare copy
    and trash whatever is not wanted?
    (for examle by tagging)

    Jan
    (still using File Buddy for tasks like that)

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  • From Bruce@07.013@scorecrow.com to uk.comp.sys.mac on Tue Jan 27 21:13:32 2026
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    On 27/01/2026 20:50, Graham J wrote:
    Theo wrote:
    D.M. Procida <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:

    Nice idea, but unfortunately, several hundred folders, so really I
    need some
    sort of click to select/deselect mechanism.

    No, you probably don't.-a Storage is cheap, so copy all the files once,
    then copy only the new or changed files on subsequent runs of the
    utility.-a If there are few new/changed files subsequent runs will be
    very quick.

    Windows has Robocopy which can be configured to do exactly this.-a In addition, if there are classes of files which you don't want to copy
    there are exclusion mechanisms which work, provided that you can
    identify the file classes accurately.

    There must surely be something similar for the Apple ecosystem ...??

    There is indeed.
    <https://alternativeto.net/software/robocopy/?platform=mac>
    --
    Bruce Horrocks
    Hampshire, England
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