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What, according to Time Machine, are "System Files and Applications"?

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Mar 15, 20263265 views
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On Time Machine in Mac OS X (10.6), if you add to the exclusion list (items that should not be included in backups), it offers to exclude all "System Files and Applications" as well. What exactly does this list consist of? Does it include everything that's not in my home directory (inside )? Is the…

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I want to hazard a guess and say that "System Files and Applications" is everything outside of your /Users home directory. Choosing to exclude one over the other would be pointless. If your goal is to choose between backing up your data versus backi…

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