Automatically backing up single folder every hour on an external HD

Is there a way to back up one folder automatically to a hard drive the way Time Machine backs up an entire hard drive? I have a 20 Gig external that I would like to back up a single folder's data files automatically every hour.

Do you mean independently of Time Machine or do you mean also with TM? If the latter then simply exlude everything on the second drive except the one folder.

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You would need to revert to Firefox 3.6.23 to have the old cache setup.
The multiple cache folder setup is to allow for a larger cache which works more efficiently that earlier versions worked.

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You may find the information in the article below helpful.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Change where your iTunes files are stored
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12365
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E72 Automatic connect to internet every hour.

Hi,
I've recently experience aproblem with my phone automatically connect to the internet every hour. therefore i set the connection mode to always ask but the mode pops up asking me to connect to the internet every hour. This kinda irritating. I've tried to reformat the phone using the *#7370# but problem still occured.
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Jonathan

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Ya, i logged in the facebook and ovi mail using wifi connection. all the while nothing happened , only yesterday after i went to one link site from google and downloaded a movie clips and it happened. i tried to find anomyous file instaled in file manager and tried to delete it but doesn;t do solve the problem.
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Why always 100MB+ backup every hour?!

Hi,
Time Machine ALWAYS backs up over 100MB every hour for me. I don't get it. Even when I'm modifying almost nothing. It makes my machine run really slow while it is doing it too (backing up over wifi to Time Capsule).
How can I find out what files TM is backing up to see if there is something I need to exclude?
There's no way I'm always touching 100MB of data between hourly backups.

Wangjammer5 wrote:
Time Machine ALWAYS backs up over 100MB every hour for me. I don't get it. Even when I'm modifying almost nothing. It makes my machine run really slow while it is doing it too (backing up over wifi to Time Capsule).
How can I find out what files TM is backing up to see if there is something I need to exclude?
First, it may not really be backing-up 100 mb. TM makes an initial request for space, which for some reason is always high.
Download the +Time Machine Buddy+ widget from: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/timemachinebuddy.html. It shows the messages from your logs for one TM backup run at a time, in a small window. Among other things, you'll see a message like +xxx MB/GB requested, including padding+, followed a bit later by +yyy files (zzz MB/GB) copied.+ Why xxx doesn't match zzz is a mystery, and speculation is that the padding is extra work space needed on the TM volume.
That's interesting, but doesn't actually answer the question of what is being backed-up.
Download the TimeTracker app, from www.charlessoft.com.
It shows most of the files saved by TM for each backup (excluding some system files, etc.).
There are some applications that cause large backups, often because they use a single file, often a database, to store their data. Entourage is a common one, so every time you send or receive a single message, the whole database is changed, and will be backed-up the next time. Apple mail, of course, stores messages individually to prevent this.
So if you see things in TimeTracker that you don't understand, post their names here and somebody should be able to explain what it is, and how to minimize the impact.

Automatically run an app every hour?

I need to automatically run an app every hour.
I have a Time Capsule that I am getting rid of because the new UVerse fiber optic internet box does the same router functions but not the back up functions. So I want to make my external drive work like a Time Capsule. That is to mount when needed and unmount when not needed. To that end I have written an application using Applescript/Automator that does exactly that. Mounts the drive, runs the backup and unmounts the drive afterward. Now I am having a hard time finding a way to schedule it to run every hour. Most scheduler apps will only run once a day and Cronnix no longer seems to work or I can't make it work.
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You really should use launchd. Lingon is a good tool, give it another look.
I created the following plist with Lingon.
Copy it in TextEdit, save as a plain text file (⇧⌘T) and copy it to Library/LaunchAgents (Lingon does all this for you):
You need to change the path and name of myApp:
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #E6E6EE;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into a text editor">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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<key>Label</key>
<string>com.Damien.myTimeMachine</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
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<key>StartInterval</key>
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Opatch process executes automatically every hour

hi,
I installed OCS10g,and patched to the last release.But it seems that opatch process executes automatically every hour,this cause a lot of files like LsInventory--xxxx.log in /OracleHome/.patch_storage folder. This always make my disk full.
How can I stop the process?
some information:
Creating log file "/OracleHome/.patch_storage/LsInventory__01-22-2006_21-03-32.log"
Accessing inventory ... (retry 10 times, delay 30 seconds each time)
Invoking command "/OracleHome/jre/1.4.2/bin/java -classpath "/OracleHome/oui/jlib/OraInstaller.jar:/OracleHome/oui/jlib/srvm.jar:/OracleHome/OPatch/jlib/opatch.jar:/OracleHome/oui/jlib/xmlparserv2.jar:/OracleHome/oui/jlib/share.jar" -Doracle.installer.invPtrLoc=/OracleHome/oraInst.loc -Dopatch.retry=10 -Dopatch.delay=30 opatch/LsInventory "/OracleHome/oui" "/OracleHome" opatch.pl 1.0.0.0.52 TRUE"
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============ =======
ADF Business Components Config Assistant for agent 10.1.2.0.2
ADF Business Components Config Assistant 10.1.2.0.2
ADF Business Components Runtime for OracleAS 10.1.2.0.2
ADF Business Components Runtime Library 10.1.2.0.2
Advanced Queueing (AQ) API Patch 10.1.0.4.2
Advanced Queueing (AQ) API 10.1.0.2.0
Agent Required Support Files Patch 10.1.0.4.2
Agent Required Support Files 10.1.0.2.0
Apache Configuration for Oracle Java Server Pages 10.1.2.0.0
Apache Module for Oracle Distributed Authoring and Versioning 10.1.2.1.0
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Assistant Common Files 10.1.0.2.0
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My Time Capsule backs up every hour.. How do I change this to back up daily?

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Time Capsule backing up the same amount of data every hour?

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I just exlucded the entire Entourgage file from Microsoft Word 2008. Apparently that wasn't the problem though.
Try excluding Main Identity
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HT3275 Time Machine on Macbook Pro and iMac both running 10.7.4 don't react the same. Macbook Pro runs back every hour even if asleep, and iMac only when it's awake. Why?

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I thought the backup whilst asleep was only used on Mountain Lion.. but perhaps it was also introduced with Lion.. anyway it is only enabled on later firmware.. in latest laptops.
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This is a hard one..
With Time Machine turned off, what speed do you get using a speed test service to the internet?
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I see you are on SL.. did you update the firmware on the TC to 7.6.x recently..
There does seem to be some bugs in the latest firmware for some people. I would downgrade the firmware back to 7.5.2. I would also check if the TC isn't almost full. That hugely slows things down.
Do a full factory reset and redo the setup.
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How can i make firefox reload automaticly every hour?!!!

how can i make firefox reload automaticly every hour?!!!
I download add-ons Reload Every
how to manage it((setting))?!!!
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You installed the ReloadEvery Extension rather and not downloaded it to disk.
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http://reloadevery.mozdev.org/
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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
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Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
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☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
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Step 1
Triple-click the line of text below to select it:
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Step 2
Repeat with this line:
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Automatically backing up single folder every hour on an external HD

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