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Who uses, recommends or left Arq, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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At home on the Mac, I use a nice program called Arq, which also backs up to S3. It is not open-source, but all of the data is stored on your own S3 buckets, and there is an open-source program for retrieving it, so you aren't locked in.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the writing and programming setup behind pandoc.
2012-05-25·usesthis.com ↗
I use Time Machine + an external HDD for local backups (I've given up trying to use it over wireless), and Arq for remote backups to S3.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the tools behind his R and data-analysis work.
2013-10-22·usesthis.com ↗
I use Arq for backups, LastPass for passwords, Chrome for my browser and have four users set up inside Chrome to handle business and personal account separation.
Her Uses This interview, listing a deliberately practical, durable kit.
2012-03-26·usesthis.com ↗
My files gets backed up to S3 using Arq, my computer screen doesn't dim unless I want it to thanks to Caffeine
His written "Uses This" interview, from GitHub's early years.
2010-12-03·usesthis.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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