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Re: OS X Lion Server Need to find files on a Synology NAS by date [message #294 is a reply to message #292] Fri, 01 May 2015 11:34 Go to previous message
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Greg F wrote:

> I have OSX Lion Server and a Synology NAS. For offsite updates, I want to
> be able to search all recently modified files, so I can copy and paste them
> to an external storage drive, for offsite backup. The entire data requires
> several storage drives, so I need a way to only backup recent files.

I'm not sure that FoxTrot is the most adequate tool for this. It is good for searching text, optionally in certain date ranges, but if you only want to search by date, maybe Spotlight, or File Buddy is more adequate. Or just a backup software, if this is what you want to do?


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