When using Time Machine, does it follow Symbolic Links in mac?
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I have a mac with a 250gb hd. My iTunes library is in an external hard disk, 500gb. I have Symbolic Links in my home music folder pointing to the files and the xml library (I dont let iTunes organize my files for me) in this external hard disk. If I use Time Machine - is it going to copy my iTunes …
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No. Symbolic links are backed up as-is. This is because on one drive, following those links would create multiple copies of the same file on the backup location, and would wreak havoc the next time you had to restore. If your backup contains symlink…
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