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This script is no longer necessary with the development of the Benchwarmer application, and was removed.

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While performing desktop support, I’ve run into my share of issues. One of the most common issues is email backup. Most of the better users will have backups of their desktop and their documents folder, but never think about backing up their email. While it is simple enough to do with for the intermediate or advanced user, the novice user needs a little help. I created a simple Applescript to make this easy. Heres how it works.

• It checks to see if Mail and/or Address Book are open, and prompts the user to close them before continuing.
• It then asks the user to confirm their intent to backup.
• Using the unix zip command, the current user’s (~) mail and address book data are compressed into a single file called Mail_backup.zip which is placed on the current user’s desktop.

The user now has a single file that can easily be placed in a secure location. You could always use iCal to trigger this app to run at a desired interval.