I have a crashplan unlimited account and have been backing up my Applications folder and my User folder, but is there anything important outside of the User and Applications folders that I should also be backing up?
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How much of my system to back up to the cloud?
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The way Apple does unless you go out of your way to store data elsewhere you're getting pretty much everything except the system library application support folder.
Hmm… That's what I thought, but Crashplan says there is an additional 40GB of data. I feel like system files alone wouldn't be that large. :/
Something crazy going on there my whole install is not that large. Open terminal.app and use this.
Code:
MacUser2525:~/Bin$ du -h /Library/Application\ Support/
.....
4.3M /Library/Application Support//SIMBL/Plugins/Safari AdBlocker.bundle/Contents
4.3M /Library/Application Support//SIMBL/Plugins/Safari AdBlocker.bundle
4.3M /Library/Application Support//SIMBL/Plugins
4.3M /Library/Application Support//SIMBL
11M /Library/Application Support//Techspansion
2.8G /Library/Application Support/To see what it tells you are the directories taking up the most space. As you can see mine only uses 2.8Gb.
OK thanks, just typing in that command now an-… ALL MY FILES ARE BEING DELETED!! WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A… just kidding.
It seems to look pretty normal to me. I don't know why Crashplan is reporting so much stuff. Maybe it's trying to upload my virtual memory... :roll eyes:
Will de-select the entire drive and only select the relevant data: Applications, Users, and Library. Thanks!
It seems to look pretty normal to me. I don't know why Crashplan is reporting so much stuff. Maybe it's trying to upload my virtual memory... :roll eyes:
Will de-select the entire drive and only select the relevant data: Applications, Users, and Library. Thanks!
OK thanks, just typing in that command now an- ALL MY FILES ARE BEING DELETED!! WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A just kidding.
It seems to look pretty normal to me. I don't know why Crashplan is reporting so much stuff. Maybe it's trying to upload my virtual memory... :roll eyes:
Will de-select the entire drive and only select the relevant data: Applications, Users, and Library. Thanks!
Your welcome.