I have been looking for a good backup solution, both for my local network as well as remote/offsite backup (I'm not a fan of Time Machine). I'm not looking for recommendations as such (although they are welcome) as the net abounds with reviews and recommendations. What I am concerned with is how well OSX backup tools/services are preserving metadata. (Some general background information here: (http://blog.plasticsfuture.org/2006/04/23/mac-backup-software-harmful/). There used to be a tool, backup-bouncer (https://github.com/n8gray/Backup-Bouncer), that tested a backup for metadata completeness (I say "used to be" because it hasn't been updated in 4 years). Backup companies/services/reviews used to speak to how many of the backup-bouncer tests were passed. However, there seems to be little attention (that I can find) paid to this issue lately. My questions:
Is there an (updated) way to test a backup produced by a product/service that will check for completeness of metadata preservation in a backup? How to be assured that a backup program/service (such as Arq) preserves all metadata in it's backup?
TIA!
Is there an (updated) way to test a backup produced by a product/service that will check for completeness of metadata preservation in a backup? How to be assured that a backup program/service (such as Arq) preserves all metadata in it's backup?
TIA!
