Automator

Bidirectional synchronisation of two folders on a Mac with Automator and Rsync

Keep two folders in sync

28 March 2011

This is modification of my previous automator workflow for synchronising target folder with source folder (leaving source folder intact). This one, however, is bidirectional sync (mirror), the result of which is two folders with identical contents.

Synchronize two folders on a Mac with Automator and Rsync

Power of Automator and Unix combined

14 December 2009

I really miss some good Automator tutorials online. It's such a great and I guess underrated and underused tool. Here I'll show you how to combine it with rsync to easily synchronise two folders.