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Originally Posted by Ellachanted
What is a "snapshot"? Is it the csv of the library?
I should do that more often.
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A snapshot is an image of the entire library at a given time. I use the linux/unix tool "rsync", setup similar to Apple's Time Machine. But I believe you can do the same with Windows programs like MS SyncToy, FreeFileSync, and others.
The idea is: you create a full backup, once. Then the next time you backup, you link the backup to the first backup, and so on.
Each backup is an independent, full backup, ideally marked with the date it was made
, but using hardlinks between the backups to conserve space if a file didn't change in that time.
Set up like this, you only use up space if files have changed, which means you can use a system task (cron/systemd on linux, launchd on OSX, Scheduled Tasks on Windows) to keep backups for every day without it taking over your whole hard drive. Depending on the program, it might be able to set a task itself.
Set it once and forget about it.