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Discussion on: 5 things to do before reinstalling your mac

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padaki-pavan • Edited

Here what i do :

  • push all .(dotfiles) to git (gitea on my raspberry Pi)
  • install syncthing on my backup machine ( raspberry Pi) and sync only critical files.
  • backup heavy files ( like videos, movies etc) to external ssd.

This allows me to keep everything synced at all times with backups, most importantly without the need for any 3rd party services like iCloud and GitHub as you can imagine the sensitivity of data being stored.

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Mauro Garcia

I didn't know about syncthing until now. It looks really cool I must say! Thanks for these tips!