Automatically backing up a jump drive when it mounts

[TheAtwookie]

Hey, I am trying to figure out how to back up my jump drive when I plug it in and the OS mounts the drive. I've done a lot of reading, but haven't come up with much that's automatic. I figured there would be an easy way to do it with Applescript, but I'll be honest -- I'm no programming genius.

If anybody has any ideas (or "That's just not possible, thanks for playing") let me know. I just keep a lot of business related work on my jump drive, and would love a way to copy it over to my local drive when I plug it in.

 

[TEG]

Could you not either a) set up time machine to back it up, or b) set up an automator task to automatically do the back up.

TEG

 

[TheAtwookie]

Dont' have Leopard (therefore no Time Machine, it's in the budget for after graduation while my student discount still works).

I wasn't sure if automator could be used like that, as I've never actually used it before. I was just curious to see if it could be done.

Thanks.

 

[jigo]

It's possible with Chronosync. There is an option in the scheduler to backup when mounted, and you can also have it unmount when finished.

I just tried it with a flash drive and it works pretty good.
Plugged in drive, backs up, dings when done, automatically unmounts, pull out drive. easy.

 

[TheAtwookie]

That sounds great! I'll go give it a try.