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Malumen

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Jan 28, 2007
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Hey guys.

I recently acquired a 3TB external hard drive and would like to set up a system that will copy file-by-file new/modified files to the external, but if I delete them off my main iMac it will not delete it off my external.

I was told DirSync Pro would do this nicely, and from the look of it on screenshots it seems adequate. However, I cannot manage to get it to run!

I've tried the directions by punching in a command in Terminal, but I get an "unable to access jarfile" error. Double clicking the .jar file does nothing (seems I don't have Jar Launcher??)

Google brings up nothing useful about the errors I'm getting.


Otherwise, is there an easier-to use method/software out there? Carbon Copy Cloner doesn't seem to work, the drive is NTFS format.
 
  1. Open Terminal
  2. Make sure you have JRE 1.7.0 and higher.
  3. Type java -version to check
  4. Type java -jar
  5. Drag the dirsyncpro.jar file from Finder to your Terminal window.
  6. Or copy the dirsyncpro.jar file to the /usr/bin directory, then you can just type java -jar dirsyncpro.jar
 

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