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Time Machine Backup Preferences
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At least through the UI you can only exclude folders, not do an "exclude all except" kind of setting. So you could just exclude each of the system folders if you'd like. Keep in mind that most application settings and data are stored in the /Library and ~/Library folders, so you may want to back those up, even if you exclude /Applications and /System.
If you have a small number of files you want to back up, you might consider a different option like Dropbox.
If you have a small number of files you want to back up, you might consider a different option like Dropbox.
There is no option through the UI to exclude anything.
Am using the icon on the top to access the time machine not a particular software.
Huh?
Click on the icon.
Click on options on the bottom right corner.
Exclude your hard drive.
Then uncheck what you want to back up.
May I ask why you don't want to back up the whole thing?
Click on the icon.
Click on options on the bottom right corner.
Exclude your hard drive.
Then uncheck what you want to back up.
May I ask why you don't want to back up the whole thing?
Just need my spreadsheets backed up, otherwise i'll do it manually.
Not bothered about system files as it'll take up too much space for something i can just reinstall if i get a problem with it.
So I take it, there's no real way to back up just spreadsheets on its own without backing up the full drive first.
I already store it on Google drive, but thought it would just be easier to have a automatic system that would do it every night.
I already store it on Google drive, but thought it would just be easier to have a automatic system that would do it every night.
Unfortunately Time Machine was designed as a turn on and forget backup solution for your entire drive. You can exclude particular folders or an entire drive, but as you have discovered it is not very easy to just backup a few folders. Time Machine has an exclude function, but not a include function.
what uncheck facility ? You can only exclude drives or directories or files, I have my whole HD2 drive excluded - there is no way to uncheck folders within that excluded drive, so that they are included.
Ohhh...
My bad. I was thinking of a TM utility I used before (set times, allowed you to not back up certain stuff) but it doesn't work under ML.
Sorry!
My bad. I was thinking of a TM utility I used before (set times, allowed you to not back up certain stuff) but it doesn't work under ML.
Sorry!
Get a utility like Carbon Copy Cloner and set up a scheduled task to copy the files you want backed up. You can set the times you want he task to run, like lunch and night.
CCC is also excellent for making a clone of your boot drive to use if your main drive dies. Just plug it in,boot from it, and you're back in business.
CCC is also excellent for making a clone of your boot drive to use if your main drive dies. Just plug it in,boot from it, and you're back in business.