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3 | 3 | An open source tool by Watchman Monitoring, Inc.<br />
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4 | 4 | http://backupminder.org<br />
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| -### What does BackupMinder do for me? |
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| -Backup Minder is a utility to help manage the many backup files left by repetitive backup processes. |
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| -### What are some examples of these "repetitive backup proceses", and why are they a problem? |
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| -*Each time Quickbooks is quit, a backup is created, sometimes leaving 3-4 backups per day.<br /> |
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| -*LightSpeed Retail's server will create a backup every day, potentially filling the entire drive.<br /> |
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| -*FileMaker Pro Server can rotate daily backups, but have no long term history.<br /> |
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| -*An Excel file may be updated in place, and not have a backup placed elsewhere.<br /> |
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| -### How does BackupMinder help in these cases? |
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| -*BackupMinder can be configured to keep only a specified number of backups, perhaps the last 60 daily backups.<br /> |
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| -*BackupMinder can move the last backup of the month to a specified Archive Folder, resulting in 12 good backups per year.<br /> |
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| -*BackupMinder can keep only the latest copy of a file version in a specified folder, allowing an archival tool to see only one backup.<br /> |
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| -*BackupMinder can tell if a backup has not been added within a designated number of days. <br /> |
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22 | 6 | ### What are BackupMinder's components?
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24 | 8 | /Applications/BackupMinderUI.app A GUI to create and set launchd plists<br />
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50 | 34 | Each time a file is placed the monitored folder, the OS will trigger BackupMinder as declared in the plist.
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52 | 37 | ### To Do List
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| -Enhance this readme for futher clarity.<br /> |
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| -Incorporate changes to this readme into the GUI app<br /> |
56 | 39 | Update the readability of the BackupMinderUI<br />
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| -Find a neat icon for the project. <br /> |
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