Hi all,
I am trying to achieve the following:
- Back up my Macbook to HiDrive
- Achieve an encrypted data transfer to HiDrive
- Ensure that files on HiDrive are encrypted
- Use as little (ideally no) space on my local hard drive, the back-up ideally is only only without a local image
What I was hoping could work:
- Create an encrypted folder on HiDrive with Boxcryptor
- Use Rsync to synchronise files into this (locally displayed) folder, for Boxcryptor to encrypt and upload to HiDrive
I have run a few tests and Rsync seems to copy the right files and Boxcryptor uploads to HiDrive. However, after backing up a few files, my available local hard drive space reduces significantly.
My questions:
- Is there a way to force RSYNC/Boxcryptor to not keep a local image (if that is what is causing the use of disk space)?
- Do you have other tips to make this setup work without using more disk space?
- If this cannot be achieved with rsync/Boxcryptor, can you direct me to a different approach that would achieve what I am looking for?
Many thanks for your help - much appreciated!
Christian
