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Export a VMWare Fusion virtual machine

Recently I had to reinstall my Mac. One of the things I wanted to save was my virtual machine. Turns out VMWare Fusion doesn't have any kind of export functionality directly within the application. What I found though was a command line tool with which you can export

Backup and restore all mysql databases at once

For a new clean install of my mac I had to backup all mysql databases which is pretty simple when you know how to. Just run: $ mysqldump -u username -p --all-databases > mysql-backup.sql to backup everything at once and the following to restore it $ mysql -u username -p <

Disable local time machine backup

If time machine can’t find the backup location it will automatically put the backup on your local machine, making it faster to transfer when it backup location is in reach. Unfortunately this will fill your hard drive. To disable this behaviour just use the following command line: $ sudo tmutil

Backup as easy as possible

I listen to a few tech podcasts. One of the best ones is ATP [http://atp.fm/]. A while ago they had Backblaze [http://www.backblaze.com/atp.html](referral link for ATP) as a sponsor. Backblaze is a company that offers offsite backups. They got a 15 days free

Using Loom to backup images from all my devices

Update Loom was bought by Dropbox and isn't available as a service any more. Original post: Using Loom to backup images from all my devices [https://loom.com/r/852cbb2238] For months I run multiple backups on my Mac - which of course includes images - but this