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Website Backups with Apple iCloud

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2024-02-16

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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.

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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 rsync. You’ll need to make sure you have that program installed before trying this yourself:

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# This assumes you have homebrew installed first
+brew install rsync
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Then, whenever I feel like backing up an existing project or website I simply run:

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rsync -a user_name@ssh.webserver.domain:/home/var/www/ /Users/username/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com\~apple\~CloudDocs/Backups/site-backup
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Note: The -a option tells rsync to sync directories recursively, transfer special and block devices, preserve symbolic links, modification times, groups, ownership, and permissions.

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The beautiful magic of rsync! Obviously, you’d want to properly name your directories (ie. /Backups/site-backup) 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 .bashrc or .zshrc etc. to make things more streamlined when running backups manually:

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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
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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.

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