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script.sh
# Ideally you could put this in your crontab, maybe for once a day.
cd ~/Desktop && brew list > brew-list.txt && (brew cask list > brew-cask-list.txt & code --list-extensions > code-list-extensions.txt & pip list > pip-list.txt & crontab -l > crontab-l.txt & gem list > gem-list.txt & command ls -lAh /Applications/ > ls-applications.txt & npm -g list > npm-g-list.txt & yarn global list > yarn-global-list.txt) && zip macos-backup-$(date +"%m-%d-%y").zip -9 -v -T -ll -m brew-list.txt brew-cask-list.txt crontab-l.txt gem-list.txt ls-applications.txt npm-g-list.txt yarn-global-list.txt code-list-extensions.txt && cd -1
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syntholly commented Dec 18, 2019 •
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Backup MacOS Files

Currently Works With

  • brew list
  • brew cask list
  • VSCode's Extensions
  • crontab file
  • gem list
  • pip list
  • MacOS Installed Applications
  • npm -g list
  • yarn global list

The script then creates a zip of those files with format macos-backup-[date].zip, then promptly removes the created .txt files and returns you back to your previous folder.

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