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Backup and keep your application settings in sync.

29 mentions on Hacker News by 26 people: 11 stories, 18 comments · first 2013-04-07 · latest 2025-08-26

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  1. https://github.com/lra/mackup?tab=readme-ov-file#warning Perhaps referencing this behaviour where preference files can no longer be symlinks? > Mackup does not work correctly in macOS Sonoma and all later versions, since it does not…
    comment by jsmeaton · 2025-08-26 · in macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support
  2. …of software by default. You can also manually add “extra” files you wish to track if you like. [0] https://github.com/lra/mackup
    comment by jsmeaton · 2023-01-08 · in Dotfiles Management
  3. May I recommend: https://github.com/lra/mackup
    comment by yuppie_scum · 2022-11-01 · in A configuration management system for computers that are pets, not cattle
  4. I just use this https://github.com/lra/mackup since a decade
    comment by mogui · 2022-05-27 · in Ask HN: How do you sync your computer’s development configurations/environment?
  5. For the MacOS users out there, Mackup is pretty nice. https://github.com/lra/mackup
    comment by SparkyMcUnicorn · 2022-05-26 · in Ask HN: How do you sync your computer’s development configurations/environment?
  6. …repos though, so I use manual git push/pulls to sync everything else I did previously use mackup ( https://github.com/lra/mackup ) to sync configs but if I'm honest I forgot I had it set up the last time I reinstalled so it got removed…
    comment by corobo · 2022-05-26 · in Ask HN: How do you sync your computer’s development configurations/environment?
  7. I use https://github.com/lra/mackup and love it. Takes care also about application configs.
    comment by egze · 2019-12-01 · in Show HN: Manage Dotfiles with Stow
  8. Check out mackup https://github.com/lra/mackup
    comment by egze · 2019-10-07 · in List of open source applications for macOS
  9. Another alternative (that I'm surprised isn't already mentioned) is https://github.com/lra/mackup . What it does: 1. moves your dot files and whatnot into DropBox (or Box or Google drive or whatever) 2. symlinks the moved file to the…
    comment by arkban · 2019-08-16 · in Ask HN: Configuration Management for Personal Computer?
  10. …on Dropbox organized by year. [1] https://www.resilio.com/individuals/ [2] https://rclone.org/ [3] https://github.com/lra/mackup
    comment by hambos22 · 2019-01-06 · in Ask HN: How do you organise your hard drive?
  11. …or more other Macs. To restore your settings on a brand new Mac simply run "mackup restore". [1] https://github.com/lra/mackup
    comment by arthurfm · 2017-08-28 · in My wonderful world of macOS
  12. Mackup ( https://github.com/lra/mackup ) is a great tool for this. Beware, however, that it creates symlinks in place of your existing files. So if you decide you don't like it, run the uninstall command before removing the Mackup folder…
    comment by RotsiserMho · 2016-08-03 · in How to prepare your fresh Mac for software development
  13. https://github.com/lra/mackup + dropbox
    comment by hiyer · 2016-02-10 · in Ask HN: What do you use to manage dotfiles?
  14. nobody mentioned mackup? https://github.com/lra/mackup
    comment by 0x142857 · 2016-02-10 · in Ask HN: What do you use to manage dotfiles?
  15. Mackup is a good tool for this - https://github.com/lra/mackup/blob/master/README.md
    comment by manojlds · 2015-12-12 · in Unofficial guide to dotfiles on GitHub
  16. I'd like to recommend Mackup for backing up machine config (and keeping them in sync) https://github.com/lra/mackup .
    comment by dantiberian · 2014-10-29 · in Show HN: Cider — Hassle-free bootstrapping using Homebrew
  17. …half a day just setting up a new machine. I wanted something better. I first tried Ira's [mackup]( https://github.com/lra/mackup ), which syncs files to Dropbox. Its catch-all approach scared me, though, as it backs up `fish` history by…
    comment by peterhajas · 2014-06-22 · in Dotfiles and dev tools provisioned by Ansible
  18. For the people recommending symlinking to a Dropbox folder, see https://github.com/lra/mackup
    comment by jbach · 2014-02-15 · in Show HN: Sublimall, SublimeText synchronized