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Sorry to post this in BOTH Leopard AND Time Machine, but I'm not sure what the required expertise would be, so apologies.
I have an iMac at home using Airport 24/7 broadband. and a 400gb exterior hard drive (which I currently use with Time Machine)
Exactly the same at work on a LAN
A MacBookPro for when I travel.
and I'm buying a small macbook for my secretary and a time capsule to replace airport (so I can put airport in my office at work)
Everything runs Leopard.
How can I ensure that every machine has exactly the same files and information on everyday. I can use Chronosync if my laptop and imac are in the same room, or Timbuktoo over the net, but thats sort of retroactive after I have found out I forgot to sync or worked on the file on a different mac. Is their an automatic way using .mac or the like to sync all the machines at once automatically or manually.
Thanks in advance for your efforts on this site.
Brett

I would go for a simple shell script using the built-in rsync tool. Ask in the Unix forum for help setting it up.

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