backup-photos

#!/bin/bash
#
# ~/bin/backup-photos

file="Photos Library.photoslibrary"
path="/Users/brandon/Pictures/$file"

read -r -p "Do you want to backup $file to the Photo Storage volume? [y/N] " response

if [[ $response =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ && -d "$path" ]]; then
    rsync -av --delete --info=progress2 "$path" "/Volumes/Photo Storage/"
fi

ca.brandonevans.photobackup.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>ca.brandonevans.photobackup</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/Users/brandon/bin/spawn-photo-backup</string>
        <key>StartOnMount</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
</plist>

spawn-photo-backup

#!/bin/bash
#
# ~/bin/spawn-photo-backup

volume="/Volumes/Photo Storage" 

if [[ -d "$volume" ]]; then
    open -Wna Terminal.app ~/bin/backup-photos

    diskutil unmount "$volume"

    echo "Photo Library Backup Complete"
    /usr/bin/osascript -e 'display notification "You can now disconnect the backup drive." with title "Photo Library Backup Complete"'
fi