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<blockquote data-quote="mingteck" data-source="post: 1488080" data-attributes="member: 254115"><p>Hi there, everyone,</p><p></p><p>Still no joy. I just discovered that both CrashPlan and Synkron back up files which cannot be simply accessed like normal folders. They both need to have the applications installed. Synkron didn't reply to my request for help but CrashPlan did. It seems that there are permissions issues to resolve and also encryption which results in the backup folder being smaller and inaccessible. </p><p></p><p>Is there no easy way for me to do this? All I want is to copy, byte-for-byte, the User folder on my Mac to an external harddrive. No fancy encryption or compacting. Clean copies that I can access like normal.</p><p></p><p>I can understand that some application files might become unusable as a result but I don't really mind this. I just want to keep a handy harddrive of all my own files - .doc, .xls, .pdf, .avi and so on. And I want the harddrive to be readable by most computers out there. I don't have big files so I don't need the drive to be specially formatted.</p><p></p><p>Can someone recommend a free software that will successfully do this?</p><p></p><p>This is getting so frustrating...</p><p></p><p>Many thanks, everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mingteck, post: 1488080, member: 254115"] Hi there, everyone, Still no joy. I just discovered that both CrashPlan and Synkron back up files which cannot be simply accessed like normal folders. They both need to have the applications installed. Synkron didn't reply to my request for help but CrashPlan did. It seems that there are permissions issues to resolve and also encryption which results in the backup folder being smaller and inaccessible. Is there no easy way for me to do this? All I want is to copy, byte-for-byte, the User folder on my Mac to an external harddrive. No fancy encryption or compacting. Clean copies that I can access like normal. I can understand that some application files might become unusable as a result but I don't really mind this. I just want to keep a handy harddrive of all my own files - .doc, .xls, .pdf, .avi and so on. And I want the harddrive to be readable by most computers out there. I don't have big files so I don't need the drive to be specially formatted. Can someone recommend a free software that will successfully do this? This is getting so frustrating... Many thanks, everyone. [/QUOTE]
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