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		Quasimarion on Feb 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An almost perfect rsync over SSH backup script Btrfs and apfs also support copy-on-write snapshots. Also, snapshots are NOT backups. And one definitely should not rely on snapshots along to keep their files safe.

colejohnson66 on Feb 25, 2022 [–]

They aren’t; a backup should preferably be offsite, but nothing is perfect

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