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I have been backing up my photos (jpegs) and music files (mp3's) for some time now and have been meaning to ask:- I have "do not compress" selected, but the files are still placed within zip files by the AISBackup process. Would the quality of the files deteriorate if I had to do multiple ...

Ooops - I think that's just unfamiliarity from me! I should have added the ".zip" extension, do you mean? Once I'd got AISBackup running well, I've not looked at it for ages - and by then had forgotten some of the procedures I'd gone through. I still had to kick off the main backup manuall...

Well - some progress on the scheduled backup front; I do think it was to do with permissions on the MS Scheduler as well as the Mac going to sleep and the network dropping the connection:- I have now definitely got the auto-run running when the Mac is awake and have re-set the Mac "sleep" ...

I've witheld posting on this topic while I get things sorted out:- 1) It is definitely possible to backup from an Apple Mac, using AISBackup on the PC and defining the Apple Mac as a network drive. I've done this successfully, but:- 2) I think I may have some permissions problems when trying to do s...

I have recently changed my backup routines so thjat I am backing up *from* a network drive (aon an Apple Mac) to the host PC. It worked fine as a test (scheduled using the Windows XP Scheduler), but I got this message below last night. Is it because the Mac has gone to sleep? Thanks Jim 23:50:06 SST...

Hi Barry Your reply has made me realise that I must re-think how AISBackup is designed - and how I am using it!! I think all I need to do is to set my max previous backups at (say) 10 and forget about by two-weekly cycle. I feel a bit thick for not realising earlier!! Cheers Jim (Now a fully-fledged...

I think this is quite straightforward (until someone tells me it won't work!) -

1) set up a script

2) Run it on a Monday, adding a "|C" to the command line

3) Run it on the following days without the "|C", until the next cycle.

Jim

> Pehaps you would like to post your solution when ready? OK - may take me a while to get it in place, though > I cannot find a record of your registration either under your > e-mail address or name. Oh oh - I thought I'd maybe got it wrong. I'll go the purchase approach! Thanks a lot Jim

Hi Barry I guess that means that AISbackup doesn't yet tackle that task, but yes - I could use MacroScheduler from mjtnet to do what you propose. I'm off to investigate that option now! You may wish to add to a future wish-list - I think more and more folks will be backing up across a network and th...

I am hoping to set up an un-attended two-weekly backup cycle to a networked hard drive, whereby the first backup in each cycle is a full backup and the following ones are incremental. I have set up two directories "Cycle 1" and "Cycle 2", but I need to find a way to "start f...

Passwords etc all seem to be OK.

The run is now completing OK, although I'm getting an error message in AISBackup that the destination drive Z: cannot be found, so looks like I probably need to look at my drive mapping (I'm backing up across a network).

Will let you know how I get on.

Thanks

Jim

Hi there I'm about to place an order for AIS Backup - after struggling with the MS ntbackup (I'm on XP), I'm finding the AIS approach and interface nice and simple to follow - and it handles long file names that cause Handy Backup to fall over ! However, I'm getting this message when trying to run a...