diff --git a/osxbackup/appbackup.command b/osxbackup/appbackup.command
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6995a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osxbackup/appbackup.command
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+EX=""
+EX+=" --exclude=.DS_Store"
+EX+=" --exclude=/iBooks.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/iTunes.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/FaceTime.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Calendar.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Mail.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/QuickTime?Player.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Safari.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Preview.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Notes.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/TextEdit.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Photo?Booth.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Game?Center.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Calculator.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Chess.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Dictionary.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Image?Capture.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/System?Preferences.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/DVD?Player.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Stickies.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Time?Machine.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Mission?Control.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Dashboard.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Launchpad.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Contacts.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Maps.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/App?Store.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Reminders.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Automator.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Font?Book.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Messages.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Activity?Monitor.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/AirPort?Utility.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/AppleScript?Editor.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Audio?MIDI?Setup.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Bluetooth?File?Exchange.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Boot?Camp?Assistant.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/ColorSync?Utility.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Console.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/DigitalColor?Meter.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Disk?Utility.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Grab.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Grapher.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Keychain?Access.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Migration?Assistant.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/System?Information.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/Terminal.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/Utilities/VoiceOver?Utility.app/"
+EX+=" --exclude=/VirtualBox.app/" #useless without kexts
+
+DEST="sneak@ber1.local:backup/Applications.20131229"
+
+rsync -avP --delete --delete-excluded $EX \
+    /Applications/ $DEST/
diff --git a/osxbackup/backup.command b/osxbackup/backup.command
index 89b1c61..d0e4310 100755
--- a/osxbackup/backup.command
+++ b/osxbackup/backup.command
@@ -7,20 +7,24 @@
 
 NOW="`date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S`"
 
-#RBACKUPDEST=${RBACKUPDEST:-"file:///Volumes/TImeMachine/sneakbackup/"}
-#RBACKUPDEST=${RBACKUPDEST:-"sftp://sneak@datavibe.net/backup"}
-RBACKUPDEST=${RBACKUPDEST:-"file:///Volumes/EXTUSB01/dup/"}
-#RBACKUPDEST=${RBACKUPDEST:-"file:///Volumes/EXTUSB02/dup/"}
+BACKUPDEST=${BACKUPDEST:-"sftp://sneak@datavibe.net/backup"}
+
+PASSPHRASEFILE="${HOME}/Documents/Secure/backup-password.txt"
+export PASSPHRASE="$(cat $PASSPHRASEFILE)"
 
-#OPTS="--encrypt-sign-key 1921C0F4"
 OPTS+=" -v 5"
 OPTS+=" --exclude-globbing-filelist ${HOME}/.local/etc/duplicity.exclude"
-OPTS+=" --volsize 1024"
+OPTS+=" --volsize 100"
 OPTS+=" --asynchronous-upload"
 OPTS+=" --allow-source-mismatch"
+GPGOPTS="--compress-algo=bzip2 --bzip2-compress-level=9"
 
 if [ "$1" == "--verify" ]; then
-    duplicity verify $OPTS $RBACKUPDEST ${HOME}/
+    time \
+        duplicity --gpg-options '$GPGOPTS' \
+            verify $OPTS $BACKUPDEST ${HOME}/
 else 
-    duplicity $EXTRADUPLICITY $OPTS $RE ${HOME}/ $RBACKUPDEST
+    time \
+        duplicity --gpg-options "$GPGOPTS" \
+            $EXTRADUPLICITY $OPTS $RE ${HOME}/ $BACKUPDEST
 fi
diff --git a/osxbackup/remotebackup.command b/osxbackup/remotebackup.command
index 59b727a..240390b 100755
--- a/osxbackup/remotebackup.command
+++ b/osxbackup/remotebackup.command
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 HOSTNAME="`hostname -s`"
 export RBACKUPDEST="s3+http://${HOSTNAME}.duplicitybackup"
-backup.command
+source backup.command