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How I configure BorgBackup and borgmatic (2023)


This article outlines how I configure BorgBackup and borgmatic on my machines. macOS Tested on - MacBook Air M2 - macOS Ventura 13.4.1 - borgmatic 1.7.12 (MacPorts) - moreutils 0.67_1 (MacPorts) borgmatic and moreutils are also available on Homebrew.

Run the following command to show all keys for all repositories in a printable text format: Count number of differences in files to check whether backup and recovery process works correctly. With BorgBackup, I can reuse my configuration between my NixOS machines and my MacBook computers and perform backups on-site and off-site.

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