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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by 8fingerlouie on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @05:23AM (#22116210)
Arq for Mac is great for backing up, though the restore util could use a little work. It's not exactly user friendly.

I've used it on my macs for years without any issues at all. I switched after Time Machine broke down for the n'th time in a month saying it needed to recreate the backup, and not once in the 3-5 years i've been using it has it every given me any problems with broken repositories, and every integrity check/restore has succeeded.

Arq on Windows is a different beast though. I'm sure it's technically solid, but the UI leaves a lot to be desired. On windows boxes i default to Duplicaty.

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by 1_player on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @06:35AM (#22116618)
> Duplicaty

Did you mean Duplicacy or Duplicati?

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by 8fingerlouie on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @08:35AM (#22117374)
Duplicati (https://www.duplicati.com/).

On my servers i use Borg like any sane person would, but the lack of a good client UI makes scheduling backups on a personal computer a lot more work than i'm willing to put in.

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