104 lines
3.1 KiB
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104 lines
3.1 KiB
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**Time Machine Utilities**
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**Installation**
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Simply save the utilities in your path and mark them as executable.
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If you don't know your system path, you can find it with this Terminal command:
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echo "${PATH}"
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To mark a utility as executable, use the `chmod` command:
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chmod +x tmimport.sh
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chmod +x tmbless.sh
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chmod +x dirdedupe.sh
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If you're still lost, do this:
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1. In your Home folder, create a new folder called `.bin`
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2. Download and save the utilities to your new `.bin` folder
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3. Use a text editor to open `.zshrc` (or `.bash_profile` on older Macs)
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from your Home folder and add the following line at the end:
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`PATH=${PATH}:${HOME}/.bin`
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4. In Terminal, run the following commands:
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`chmod +x ~/.bin/*.sh`
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5. Quit (or restart) the Terminal.
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**tmimport**
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TIME MACHINE IMPORT
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USAGE
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tmimport.sh <backup drive>
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DESCRIPTION
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Time Machine Importer attempts to inherit the backup history of a backup
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drive. If the backup drive is not paired to the current computer, Time
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Machine Importer will attempt to pair the drive with the current computer
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by modifying the model, MAC address, and UUID/UDID reflected in the
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metadata of the backup drive.
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The backup drive should be specified by disk or volume name (or path) or
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the mount point of the backup drive. For example:
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- ./tmimport.sh /dev/disk1s1
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- ./tmimport.sh /Volumes/TMBACKUP
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While some additional heuristics may assist in identifying a backup drive
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that is specified in other ways, they are untested and not guaranteed
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to work correctly.
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**tmbless**
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TIME MACHINE BLESS
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USAGE
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tmbless.sh <snapshot directory>
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DESCRIPTION
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Time Machine Bless marks a snapshot directory as valid and recognizable
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by Time Machine.
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It does this by modifying the metadata of the snapshot directory so that
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the it accurately reflects the date the snapshot was created and the
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metadata of the 'drive' subdirectory within that snapshot directory
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matches the current drive.
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These modifications should allow restoration of files within the Time
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Machine restore UI.
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**dirdedupe**
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DIRECTORY DE-DUPLICATOR
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USAGE
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dirdedupe.sh [--execute] masterdir subjectdir
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DESCRIPTION
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For each file in subjectdir, replace it with a hard link to the matching
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file (if any) in masterdir. A file will be considered a match if, and
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only if, it shares the same file name, relative path, and contents.
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OPTIONS
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--execute Actually remove and link duplicate files. By default, this
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program runs in test mode.
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