How to install mackup
pip install --upgrade mackup use case
Backup and sync application settings/dotfiles across machines using cloud storage.
When to use mackup
- Setting up a new machine and wanting to restore all application settings
- Keeping dotfiles and config files synchronized across multiple computers
- Automating backup of application preferences to a cloud storage service
When not to use mackup
- Backing up large files or binary data
- Syncing system-level configuration or OS settings
- Managing files that are not application config files
mackup features
- · Copy mode and link mode for managing config files
- · Support for multiple cloud storage backends (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.)
- · Backup and restore individual applications' settings
- · Automatically links config files to a sync directory
Want your agent to find this automatically?
Add the MCP server to your agent config and it will discover tools like mackup on its own.
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