Backing up pictures: Can someone suggest software which will backup my pictures and then add only new ones when I backup the file again? And if I delete some pictures from the file...

Lenfagen

Can someone suggest software which will backup my pictures and then add only new ones when I backup the file again? And if I delete some pictures from the file will the backup also delete them? Thanks for your help.

John Hicks Loc: Sible Hedinham North Essex England

Windows 10 will do this via copy and paste is you Sent to save a photograph in to a file that has the same descriptive text it would ask you do you want to replace it

Brian S. Loc: Oak Park, MI

Lenfagen wrote:

Can someone suggest software which will backup my pictures and then add only new ones when I backup the file again? And if I delete some pictures from the file will the backup also delete them? Thanks for your help.

Yes Carbon Copy Cloner will do all that you asked. But it only works on Apple Macintosh. My wife and I have been using it for more years than I can remember.

https://bombich.com/

If you are on Windows you will need and answer from that side of the road.

Good Luck

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I have used and can recommend Goodsync, Acronis, Macrium Reflect, and Aeomi Backupper as well as the simple solutions built into Windows and Rsync. Each of those will have a deletion/versioning policy - make sure you understand how it deals with deletions.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Lenfagen wrote:

Can someone suggest software which will backup my pictures and then add only new ones when I backup the file again? And if I delete some pictures from the file will the backup also delete them? Thanks for your help.

I've been using SyncBack since forever. It does scheduled backup/sync operations and is very granular as far as which files it does. It's also free.

https://www.2brightsparks.com/welcome/backup/freeware.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhZT9BRDmARIsAN2E-J0HDr-dGRxnXGKQ9ec-30GiWwA_tKqDJCgLDCH6Gt9BLELKLiMnqVkaAgKSEALw_wcB

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Gene51 wrote:

I've been using SyncBack since forever. It does scheduled backup/sync operations and is very granular as far as which files it does. It's also free.

https://www.2brightsparks.com/welcome/backup/freeware.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhZT9BRDmARIsAN2E-J0HDr-dGRxnXGKQ9ec-30GiWwA_tKqDJCgLDCH6Gt9BLELKLiMnqVkaAgKSEALw_wcB

Another good choice. I believe you need the paid version to support cloud backup and versioning. Has that been your experience Gene?

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I use CrashPlan. It will watch for changes in files and back up the new file. In doing so it uses versions, i.e. it will add a time stamp so that the old file is still available. This is important if a file gets corrupted. Without versions a corrupted file will overwrite the old file so your backup is corrupted. With versions you still have the old uncorrupted version.

CrashPlan will store your files on the cloud. But at the same time you can use it to store your files on a local disk. That means if you need to restore a file you can restore it from the local disk and not encounter bandwidth problems if a lot of data are involved.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

DirtFarmer wrote:

I use CrashPlan. It will watch for changes in file... (show quote)

Yep, versioning is a big deal and it is available in Windows as VSS (volume shadow copy service). When I was at NetAPP when we and NAS were first getting accepted as mainstream storage, our FS had snapshots as a feature. Dave Hitz, co-founder, used to have a little song that had a line that said: “snapshots will save your ass one day”, and I saw it do so a number of times.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

Brian S. wrote:

Yes Carbon Copy Cloner will do all that you asked. But it only works on Apple Macintosh. My wife and I have been using it for more years than I can remember.

https://bombich.com/

If you are on Windows you will need and answer from that side of the road.

Good Luck

I too use Carbon Copy Cloner. Easy to use and does just what you want.
...Cam

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

SynchToy - free from Microsoft

bikerguy

yssirk123 wrote:

SynchToy - free from Microsoft

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

SyncBack - free or paid. I use that for seven folders I backup. I use the Mirror option. That makes both folders the same, adding or deleting as needed.

Bayou

Versioning, versioning, versioning!

If your backup software, whether local or cloud, lacks historical versions, then you aren't backed up.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Gene51 wrote:

I've been using SyncBack since forever. It does scheduled backup/sync operations and is very granular as far as which files it does. It's also free.

https://www.2brightsparks.com/welcome/backup/freeware.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhZT9BRDmARIsAN2E-J0HDr-dGRxnXGKQ9ec-30GiWwA_tKqDJCgLDCH6Gt9BLELKLiMnqVkaAgKSEALw_wcB

Gene - Does the free SyncBack do versions or do you need to buy one of the paid programs?

TIA

Bayou

jederick wrote:

.....Does the free SyncBack do versions or do you need to buy one of the paid programs?....

Versions SE ($40) and Pro have versioning, not the free version. https://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/compare.html