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Posted on Wed - September 6, 2006 Macintosh OS 10.4 version of backup and restore - RevisedWell, I took the plunge, got a decent backup of
my iBook and iMac, and upgraded from Mac OS 10.39 to Mac OS
10.47.
Then I discovered that my old backup and restore scripts didn't work. These are going to get changed anyway, I am going to be migrating from Palm Desktop to Address Book, iCal, and the Memos application of The Missing Sync. I just haven't done it yet and I want things on my two computers to match. I am still wondering why Dot Mac Sync can't include other files. Just once I would like to have Applescripts
work between OS revisions without having to change the syntax.
Here's the new new Time Folder backup. with
timeout
of
900 seconds
tell
application
"Finder"
set
mike
to
0
if
disk "MaCei
HD" exists
then
set
mike
to
"Cei"
say
"mak kay eye mak project files"
end
if
if
disk "Artus
iBook"
exists
then
set
mike
to
"AiB"
say
"artus eye book project files"
end
if
if
mike = 0
then
say
"I am confuzzled. I don't recognize the disks"
end
if
if
process
"Palm Desktop"
exists
then
say
"Palm Desktop is quitting"
tell
application
"Palm Desktop"
quit
end
tell
else
say
"Palm Desktop already safe"
end
if
if
process
"iBlog"
exists
then
say
"Local web logs are quitting"
tell
application
"iBlog"
quit
end
tell
else
say
"Local web logs already safe"
end
if
tell
application
"Finder"
to
duplicate
folder
"Library:Application Support:iBlog"
of
home
to
folder
"Sites:put in library-application support"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
duplicate
file
"Library:Preferences:com.lifli.iBlog.plist"
of
home
to
folder
"Sites:put in library-preferences"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
duplicate
folder
"Pictures:webgrfx"
of
home
to
folder
"Sites"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
duplicate
file
"Documents:safe"
of
home
to
folder
"Documents:MiscBU"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
duplicate
file
"Documents:Sentinal"
of
home
to
folder
"Documents:MiscBU"
of
home
replacing
yes
if
the
day
of
(the
current
date) < 10
then
set
dom
to
"0" &
the
day
of
(the
current
date)
else
set
dom
to
the
day
of
(the
current
date)
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
January
then
set
mnt
to
"Jan"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
February
then
set
mnt
to
"Feb"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
March
then
set
mnt
to
"Mar"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
April
then
set
mnt
to
"Apr"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
May
then
set
mnt
to
the
month
of
(the
current
date)
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
June
then
set
mnt
to
"Jun"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
July
then
set
mnt
to
"Jul"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
August
then
set
mnt
to
"Aug"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
September
then
set
mnt
to
"Sep"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
October
then
set
mnt
to
"Oct"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
November
then
set
mnt
to
"Nov"
end
if
if
the
month
of
(the
current
date) =
December
then
set
mnt
to
"Dec"
end
if
set
y_r
to
the
year
of
(the
current
date)
set
timestamp
to
the
time
of
(the
current
date)
set
neuname
to
mike &
"=" &
dom &
mnt &
y_r &
"•" & timestamp
make
new
folder
at
folder
"Desktop"
of
home
with
properties
{name:neuname}
make
new
folder
at
folder
neuname
of
folder
"Desktop"
of
home
with
properties
{name:"xfer"}
duplicate
folder
"theProjects"
of
folder
"Projects"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"Library:Scripts"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"Documents:Palm"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"Sites:put in library-application support"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"Sites:put in library-preferences"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"Sites:iBlog"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"Sites:webgrfx"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"Sites:neowaylanddotnet"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"Sites:frame pages"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
file
"Documents:safe"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
file
"Documents:Sentinal"
of
home
to
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
duplicate
folder
"xfer"
of
folder
neuname
to
folder
"Documents:currents"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Disk Utility"
activate
end
tell
say
"I'm ready to make an image from the folder."
end
tell
end
timeout
And here is the new xfer script. Watch for updates as I migrate away from Palm Desktop. REVISED - "Move" works much faster than "duplicate." tell
application
"Finder"
activate
set
XferState
to
0
if
folder
"Desktop:xfer"
of
home
exists
then
display
dialog "Are you sure? This will overwrite your
existing project files and it will log out of this account."
buttons
{"NEVER", "Go for it!"} default
button "NEVER"
set
XferState
to
(button
returned
of
result)
if
XferState
is
"Go for it!"
then
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Desktop:xfer:theProjects"
of
home
to
folder
"Projects"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Documents:Palm"
of
home
to
trash
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Desktop:xfer:Palm"
of
home
to
folder
"Documents"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Desktop:xfer:put in library-application support:iBlog"
of
home
to
folder
"Library:Application Support"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
file
"Desktop:xfer:put in library-preferences:com.lifli.iBlog.plist"
of
home
to
folder
"Library:Preferences"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Desktop:xfer:iBlog"
of
home
to
folder
"Sites"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Desktop:xfer:webgrfx"
of
home
to
folder
"Pictures"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Desktop:xfer:neowaylanddotnet"
of
home
to
folder
"Sites"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Desktop:xfer:frame pages"
of
home
to
folder
"Sites"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
file
"Desktop:xfer:safe"
of
home
to
folder
"Documents"
of
home
replacing
yes
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
file
"Desktop:xfer:Sentinal"
of
home
to
folder
"Documents"
of
home
replacing
yes
if
folder
"Library:Scripts"
of
home
exists
then
delete
folder
"Library:Scripts"
of
home
end
if
tell
application
"Finder"
to
move
folder
"Desktop:xfer:Scripts"
of
home
to
folder
"Library"
of
home
delete
folder
"Desktop:xfer"
of
home
say
"All files updated. Now logging out."
tell
application
"System Events"
log
out
end
tell
else
say
"Canceling updates"
end
if
else
say
"Nothing on the desktop to transfer"
end
if
end
tell
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