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1 # Borgend 1 # Borgend
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3 This is a retrying and queuing scheduler as well as a MacOS tray icon for [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/). 3 This is a retrying and queuing scheduler as well as a MacOS tray icon for [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/).
4 If you are not on MacOS, no tray icon will be displayed, but you can still use Borgend as a scheduler. 4 If you are not on MacOS, no tray icon will be displayed, but you can still use Borgend as a scheduler.
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6 You can have multiple backups to the same repository, for example, you may backup a small subset of your files every couple of hours, and everything once a day or once a week. Borgend will ensure that only one backup is launched at a time, and queue the other one until the repository is available. 6 Designed with laptops in mind, Borgend works in “dreamtime”: on MacOS the scheduler discounts system sleep periods from the backup intervals. If you wish, you can also choose “realtime” scheduling.
7 You can have multiple backups to the same repository; for example, you may backup a small subset of your files every couple of hours, and everything once a day or once a week. Borgend will ensure that only one backup is launched at a time, and queue the other one until the repository is available.
7 If there was an error, such as when you are offline and backup to a remote ssh location, Borgend will also retry the backup at set shorter intervals. 8 If there was an error, such as when you are offline and backup to a remote ssh location, Borgend will also retry the backup at set shorter intervals.
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9 The lead author is Tuomo Valkonen (<tuomov@iki.fi>). 10 The lead author is Tuomo Valkonen (<tuomov@iki.fi>).
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11 ## Installation 12 ## Installation

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