#21

I’m using Arq (https://www.arqbackup.com/) to back up all my computer to my unused dropbox cloud storage (you get 2TB storage and I only use 100GB, hence 1,9TB free backup storage :wink: ). Arq works with pretty much any cloud storage (except iCloud) and backs up hourly any folders you specify. So next to versioning i have a full hourly backup of my vault.
Edit: Mac & Windows. I’m not affiliated :wink: There’s also free alternatives, but less end-user friendly: Duplicacy (https://duplicacy.com/)

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#22

interested as well!

#23

I somehow lost all the content of a file last week and was able to retrieve it using Time Machine without any problems.

#24

The Obsidian Git plugin has been awesome. It backs everything up, even the .obsidian folder, so all of my themes and installed plugins are safe, too. And Git inherently has versioning. I don’t even have to do anything. I just set it up and it does its thing all without my intervention.

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#25

the dropbox plugin seems to work really well, including backing up an iCloud vault.
(you don’t want to backup your attachments because it creates a new backup copy every 20 minutes and could fill up your dropbox account quickly)

I also looked into the dropbox app backup options (with their free basic plan) but they only give you a few folder options (documents, downloads, photos, videos). If you vault is outside those directories they can’t be backed up.
I was thinking about scheduling a robocopy on my windows machine to copy my iCloud vault to one of those folders to get it backed up. That’s plan B in case the dropbox plugin doesn’t work long term.
Github would be plan C, the version history is a nice option

#27

I’m now using robocopy to directly copy my vault from the iCloud drive to the dropbox drive. This is my robocopy.bat script:

@ECHO ON

SETLOCAL

SET _source=C:\Users\uwe\iCloudDrive\iCloud~md~obsidian\Obsidian\
:: Change C:\example_source to the directory you want to copy from

SET _dest=C:\Users\uwe\Dropbox\Apps\obsidian
:: Change X:\example_dest to the directory you want to copy to

SET _what=/COPY:DT /E
:: Sets specific copy instructions
:: See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy


SET _options=/LOG:C:\Users\uwe\robocopy\log.txt
:: Log file specifications
:: See readme for more details

ROBOCOPY %_source% %_dest% %_what% %_options%
:: Starts ROBOCOPY

::attrib -s -h %_dest%
:: Removes System and Hidden Attributes from copied files

I have it scheduled with the windows task scheduler.
Detailed instructions from this site

This should also work with other cloud services like Google Drive, etc that can we accessed using the windows file explorer.

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