DISQUS

Rod · 1 year ago

What to do if I just want to backup some folders with time machine? can I add just the folders I want to backup?

Regards

georgegumpert · 1 year ago

Rod,
Unfortunately, I don't believe Time Machine is built for that kind of functionality. It's made to be a complete system backup/restore program, but it allows exceptions.

The only way I know of to do what you're looking to do is to exclude every folder EXCEPT the ones you want to backup.

Otherwise, you could try using crontab, which is a UNIX tool, and therefore an OS X tool. You can read more about it here: here or here

Frank · 11 months ago

rsync over ssh or nfs is much more effective. Time Machine is easy, but is it really worth it?