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best-use-practices scheduled backups
Hello!
I have some questions regarding best-use-practices using scheduled backups. On my iMac I have two users: an admin-user and a normal user. Until now I've used only the admin-user to start the SuperDuper!-backups. Before doing this I've logged off as a normal user in order to avoid any conflicts due to open applications or files. I have scheduled the backups to run every night and everything is ok AS LONG AS I DO NOT FORGET TO LOG OFF AS NORMAL USER BEFORE. But once in a while I do forget and then the scheduled backup will not start. Is there a way to ensure that 1.- The normal user will log-off at least shortly before the scheduled backup... 2.- .. the admin-user will log-in shortly before the scheduled backup... 3.- ... the backup will run at the given time... 4.- ... the admin-user will then log-off and... 5.- ... the normal-user will log-in so that in the morning I will find everything as I left it in the evening and the scheduled backup runs every night? Thanks! Kind regards, Vlad Ghitulescu |
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I don't know a way to script that, no.
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starting the backup as normal user?
Hello, David!
Thank you for your quick reply! That's bad news... Would you recommend starting the daily-SuperDuper!-Backup as normal user? I could quit before all the open apps via KeyboardMaestro / AppleScript, but there will be for sure much more processes open in the background (Hazel, DefaultFolderX, Witch, Dropbox, Crashplan, Textexpander, KeyboardManager Engine, etc.) than as admin-user. Kind regards, Vlad |
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You can schedule it under either user and just have it run whichever one is logged in, Vlad. The types of apps you're running shouldn't affect it (at least what you've listed here). You wouldn't want to run Entourage, VMware, Parallels, etc.
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Good news!
Hi, David!
That's good news! :-) I will schedule then the backups from the normal (non-admin) user-account and quit all the apps via KeyboardMaestro / AppleScript shortly before the scheduled backup. The applications from the background are right now: - BetterTouchTool - BusyCal(Agent) - Hazel - TextExpander - Dropbox - DefaultFolder X - SpyderUtility (for color-calibration) - CrashPlan - HoudahSpot - Eve - KeyboardMaestro (Engine) - BetterSnap Tool - WacomTabletDriver - f.lux - LittleSnitch That's the complete list, I hope there's no show-stopper! :-) Thanks again! Regards, Vlad |
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You should be fine. Do allow our upgrade check through Little Snitch, of course.
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