Every Monday, we'll show you how to do something new and simple with Apple's built-in command line application. You don't need any fancy software, or a knowledge of coding to do any of these. All you need is a keyboard to type 'em out! Last week, we talked about using rsync to transfer files from one location on your Mac to another (using rsync’s local syncing abilities); however, you can truly unlock the power of rsync when using it remotely to connect and transfer files from your local machine to a remote machine anywhere around the world. This remote syncing ability means that you could build an automated local-to-remote backup solution, or any other number of file transfer scenarios you can dream up. Continue reading, and we’ll show you how easy it can be to interface with a remote machine to sync files with rsync. To use rsync remotely, we’ll assume that the remote machine already has SSH configured, and that you know the IP address. Note that by “remote,†the machine may be a part of your local network, or on a separate network accessible over the Internet (if you are accessing your machine over the Internet, you’ll need to do more advanced configuration on your router to accept incoming connections through a process called Port Forwarding. The port forwarding process is covered in Step 2 of an older article we published.). Just as with the local rsync that we covered last week, all of the option flags that we used can still be used with a remote se
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