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.
Unlike systemd, launchctl doesn’t provide integration a syslog-like service. (I guess Apple expects you to use Console instead)
Apple’s unified logging is unreliable and in many tests I have had messages disappearing, even when manually testing with the syslog standard C library function. For example, events disappear for some users when viewing them through log stream .
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