AutoMove

Python script running in background for macOS, to automatically move Notability backups from either a OneDrive directory or a NAS to an iCloud directory, in realtime.

Functionalities :

• Automatically sends notifications to Notification Center in macOS when anything happens (copy of a file, multiple files, copy failure, app starting)
• Real-time updates
• Automatically structures the backup folder on either NAS or OneDrive by smartly inferring the structure based on the file names
• One and only one instance can run simultaneously on the same machine

Setting things up

1 - Install the dependencies using the following command:

pip install -r requirement.txt

2 - Fill in config.ini

You just have to fill config.ini with the corresponding paths :

• The path to your mounted iCloud folder
• Optionally: The path to your mounted OneDrive folder
• Optionally, if not above: The credentials for SFTP connection to your NAS drive.

The config.ini file should have this form:

[PATHS]
icloud_path = <Path to mounted iCloud folder>
onedrive_path = <Path to mounted OneDrive fodler, if using OneDrive>
sftp_path = <Path for Notability temporary auto-backup on NAS>
sftp_backup_path = <Path for structured backup on NAS>

[SFTP]
sftp_host = <NAS URL or IP address>
sftp_port = <SFTP Port>
sftp_account = <SFTP Account>
sftp_pw = <SFTP Password>

Run it in the background or in an Automator app

To have it run on the background, use the following command from terminal :

python3 main.py [-h] [--sftp] [-v] &

You can easily set up an Automator app starting AutoMove automatically when logging in by creating a Shell script-executing app, and insert in it the following command :

nohup /usr/local/bin/python3 <path to Python script>/main.py > /dev/null 2>&1 &

Just open the Automator app and set it on your device to start at the beginning of a session, et voilà :)