Annual Backup Process

Refresh documents

  • Update cv
  • Update zotero and backup
  • Update idealab website

check app passwords

https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords

Online Storage

  • Backup onedrive
  • Backup google drive
  • Backup Dropbox
  • Move old “active” idealab project folders to archive
  • Sort downloads folder
  • Sort “to sort” folders
  • sort syncthing folders
  • go through starred email
  • Archive email
  • Download zoom videos

Courses - General

  • backup and zip class folders
  • Backup canvas
  • Backup slack
  • Download grades
  • Backup final submissions
  • move backup canvas to sandbox
    • unpublish assignments

Foldable Class

  • Copy git repositories from foldable
  • Download YouTube videos from foldable
  • backup mendeley
  • unpublish assignments on foldable website
  • download all forum questions

Deployable Class

  • unpublish assignments on foldable-robotics website
  • Copy git repositories from foldable
  • Download YouTube videos from foldable
  • download all forum questions

Flexible Class

  • unpublish assignments on foldable website
  • download assignments
  • download final grades
  • download moodle snapshot
  • download all forum questions

Security

  • backup authenticator app config to separate device(s).
  • Backup photos
  • Find best of last year’s photos
  • Find best of best photos
  • Arrange this year’s photos
  • backup password manager

Home and root folders

  • backup .ssh/config
  • backup /etc/hosts
  • backup .config, especially
  • texmf directory
  • netplan
  • thunderbird config
  • mozilla config
  • rclone config
  • gitman config
  • network configs in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/

Misc

  • Backup Sara computers
  • back up contacts
  • Organize and sort contacts
  • Download past years statements
  • check and update scans of important documents
  • reset passwords
    • wifi
    • computer
  • backup .bashrc
  • things to review
    • podcasts
    • thunderbird
    • k9 config
    • docker stuff
    • ssh keys
    • browser bookmarks
    • samba credentials
    • vs code configuation
    • virtualbox images
    • docker data
      • nextcloud
      • gitman
      • photoprism
      • immich
      • home assistant

ZFS

  • take a zfs snapshot
  • send to backup computer
  • take a zenbook backup
  • backup NAS to usb drive

Notes

Comsol

Ansys

  • remove .rst (results) files

discussion: https://www.researchgate.net/post/What-is-the-use-of-the-extension-files-generated-in-ansys

Animations

  • remove individual screenshots once the video has been rendered

Raw files

compress .avi to .mp4

Things to preserve in Linux

  • Crontab
  • Netplan
  • .config
  • .thunderbird profile
  • mozilla settings –> find ~/.var -iname “prefs.js”

/Etc/

  • netplan
  • initramfs-tools/initramf.conf
  • hosts

~/.ssh
~/.keys
~/.bashrc

#apm list >> atom-packages.txt  
snap list >> snap-packages.txt  
flatpak list >> flat-packages.txt  
apt-mark showmanual >> apt-packages.txt  
conda env export > base.yml 
conda activate pybullet
conda env export > pybullet.yml 

directories
~/Desktop
~/Downloads
~/Documents
~/Pictures
~/Videos
~/adb
~/prism
~/Zoom
~/gPodder
~/texmf
~/Virtual Machine VMs