 |
 |
Automate AddressBook database backup?
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Southern, NJ (near Philly YO!)
Status:
Offline
|
|
OK...I do daily regular backups to and external HD and I make changes to my Apple AddressBook daily. I use Dejavü software that does timed backups when I'm asleep. My question is: Is there a way to automate to have my AddressBook automatically backup the database and put the backupfile in my backup folder to be ready before backup starts?
Thanks for any help
|
|
MacBook Pro 15" i7 ~ Snow Leopard ~ iPhone 4 - 16Gb
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: City of Beck's beer
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by stevesnj:
OK...I do daily regular backups to and external HD and I make changes to my Apple AddressBook daily. I use Dejavü software that does timed backups when I'm asleep. My question is: Is there a way to automate to have my AddressBook automatically backup the database and put the backupfile in my backup folder to be ready before backup starts?
Thanks for any help
.mac and iSync. .mac and Backup. or just a different back up app.
but i don't understand "...backup the database and put the backupfile in my backup folder to be ready before backup starts?"-- to much "backup". can you elaborate?
thx,
Thilo
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Southern, NJ (near Philly YO!)
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by Thilo Ettelt:
.mac and iSync. .mac and Backup. or just a different back up app.
but i don't understand "...backup the database and put the backupfile in my backup folder to be ready before backup starts?"-- to much "backup". can you elaborate?
thx,
Thilo
I want address book to automatically backup its database(my contacts) before my scheduled backup starts
|
|
MacBook Pro 15" i7 ~ Snow Leopard ~ iPhone 4 - 16Gb
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: San Jose, Ca
Status:
Offline
|
|
AddressBook keeps its database file fairly in sync, but you can use the AddressBook's "save addressbook" command to make sure that the file in ~/Library is in sync. So if you can trigger a trivial applescript as any user (that happens to be logged in... since AddressBook is a GUI app) right before the backup you are fine.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Southern, NJ (near Philly YO!)
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally posted by larkost:
AddressBook keeps its database file fairly in sync, but you can use the AddressBook's "save addressbook" command to make sure that the file in ~/Library is in sync. So if you can trigger a trivial applescript as any user (that happens to be logged in... since AddressBook is a GUI app) right before the backup you are fine.
Thats it larkost thanks!! I just added the AdressBook folder to my backup and the contents worked on a different user and my entire list of contacts are there...THANKS!!!
Steve
|
|
MacBook Pro 15" i7 ~ Snow Leopard ~ iPhone 4 - 16Gb
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
