I recently noticed that my nextcloud instance was missing photos. I have the android app set to automatically upload my photos. When I need to clear up space on my phone, I make a separate backup (because I’m a paranoid SOB and hard drives are relatively cheap). I noticed that nextcloud auto upload missed about 10% of the photos. I’m not going to bash the nextcloud devs, as I recognize that I am using a free product and am owed nothing, but I’m making this post so others are aware of this risk. Apparently I’m not alone https://help.nextcloud.com/t/android-client-does-not-auto-upload-all-images/216849/14

  • hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    4·
    19 hours ago

    i just have a simple shell script that uses rsync to upload my files to a server and have a termux shortcut on the homescreen, i just press it once in a few days

      • hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        this is my first time hearing about borg, is there anything it does that can improve my current setup? from a quick look it seems like it creates its own backup file while rsync works with raw directory structure.

    • confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      18 hours ago

      I do something similar using only rsync. I’ve had nothing but headaches whenever I used automated file syncing programs. The bare bones aspect of just using rsync has made it a much more consistent experience.

      I found using automated file syncing programs have too much complexity under the hood that just seems to lead to more time troubleshooting issues.

      • VeganBtw@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        15 hours ago

        Do you have any need to backup things on a mobile phone? What do you use if so? I’m trying to make everything simpler and I already use rsync on my desktop.

        • confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          12 hours ago

          There’s a few things I backup from my phone.

          • Music downloaded from Seeker
          • Youtube audio downloaded from YTDLnis
          • Backups of Termux
          • Notes in plain text
          • Backups from certain apps that make their own backup data
          • Pictures that I have sorted and want to saved

          I have an Android phone so I use Termux as a terminal emulator. I use ssh and passwordless keys to make transfers simpler and quicker.

          Although this is closer to a backup process and not like SyncThing where it’s syncing a folder between two devices. I don’t believe rsync is capable of acting like SyncThing but I’m tempted to dig into rsync more and see if I can put something basic together one day.