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diff --git a/build/Website_Backups_with_Apple_iCloud/index.html b/build/Website_Backups_with_Apple_iCloud/index.html index b236264..a0bdf65 100644 --- a/build/Website_Backups_with_Apple_iCloud/index.html +++ b/build/Website_Backups_with_Apple_iCloud/index.html @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> <title>Website Backups with Apple iCloud</title> <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> -<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> </head> <nav> @@ -16,33 +17,23 @@ <main> <h1 id="website-backups-with-apple-icloud">Website Backups with Apple iCloud</h1> - <p>2024-02-16</p> - <p>My main work machine, an M2 MacBook Air, meshes really well with my iPhone SE (they are in the same ecosystem after all - duh!). Since both of these devices are Apple products, it makes sense that I pay for the optional iCloud service for extra storage. 50GB to be exact. I only need to bare minimum which costs just $1.68 a month, making this storage option cheaper than most cups of coffee these days.</p> - <p>Recently I’ve been using iCloud as my “middle-man” backup system. I still have local, offline storage for most personal data but having additional off-site backups is never a bad thing. I make things easier for myself by taking advantage of <code>rsync</code>. You’ll need to make sure you have that program installed before trying this yourself:</p> - <pre><code># This assumes you have homebrew installed first brew install rsync </code></pre> - <p>Then, whenever I feel like backing up an existing project or website I simply run:</p> - <pre><code>rsync -a user_name@ssh.webserver.domain:/home/var/www/ /Users/username/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com\~apple\~CloudDocs/Backups/site-backup </code></pre> - <blockquote> <p>Note: The <code>-a</code> option tells <code>rsync</code> to sync directories recursively, transfer special and block devices, preserve symbolic links, modification times, groups, ownership, and permissions.</p> </blockquote> - <p>The beautiful magic of <code>rsync</code>! Obviously, you’d want to properly name your directories (ie. <code>/Backups/site-backup</code>) for a cleaner structure and ensure that your iCloud directory is set correctly. (remember to read code before just copy-pasting!). With this approach you can backup entire server directories or be specific with each individual project folder. I would also recommend setting up some alias in your <code>.bashrc</code> or <code>.zshrc</code> etc. to make things more streamlined when running backups manually:</p> - <pre><code>alias site-backup="rsync -a user_name@ssh.webserver.domain:/home/var/www/ /Users/username/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com\~apple\~CloudDocs/Backups/site-backup" # Then you simply run the following for a manual backup: site-backup </code></pre> - <p>You can take this further by automating things via cron jobs, but for my use case that is a little overkill. Hopefully this helps anyone looking for a quick and dirty backup system, especially one that can piggyback of your existing iCloud that you might be paying for already.</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |