Reading this article about a failing hard drive as well as this note I realized that it would be pretty neat if I had an available backup solution off-site (like somewhere on the net) for free - just to store really essential files/folders, maybe a total of 100 MB. There would be the possibility of .mac (which is quite easy and useful but not free); then there is my storage at GMX - accessible via WebDAV, but horribly slow; my webhoster (with too few space), and then there is gmail - free, 2 GB space, searchable, accessible from anywhere with a web connection. And happily all you ever need to store stuff is just a fast connection to your webserver. And a script that does the job for you - maybe with a Cocoa-GUI where you can drag & drop certain files & folders - and whoopie, they get sent to your backup gmail address daily. You can always delete stuff from gmail if necessary - or just create another backup account!.
Has anyone seen this little script/tool for OSX yet?
There is a utility or script that will do just that. From what I recall, it was just for windows, but maybe it can be ported? I don’t remember the exact name of it though, sorry.
search for gmailfs.
there’s linux & windows version.
i think it’s not difficult to port from linux to mac??
or maybe somebody already did??
for me, myself,
i search for a progs that can sync my folders between my office pc and my laptop and my home pc.
using gmail, off course.
anything like this?