Michael Tsai
Jason Sims
@mjtsai Yeah, I just don't see the value of backing up *everything*. If you want a complete restore, a full clone is far superior.
Ever since I scaled back Time Machine to only back up key folders to an SD card, it’s been working great.
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@stormchild Exactly. Would be nice to be able to tell Time Machine what *to* back up, rather than giving it a massive exclude list. -
@mjtsai Agreed. Backblaze is similarly awkward to configure (include is per-volume; must exclude whatever you don't want). -
@stormchild It would be a lot easier if you could resize the Time Machine exclude list view, but it’s part of the System Preferences window… - View other replies
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@mjtsai You can…it just doesn't look like it. Try dragging any edge. -
@stormchild Ah, yes, drag the invisible grow box to make the sheet way larger than its parent window. Odd, but at least it works. -
@mjtsai Intuitive, right? (At least it shows the right pointer now; at one point there was no visual cue at all.)
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@mjtsai I'd be interested in knowing (maybe via a blog post) which key folders you include. -
@atomicbird Key document folders and EagleFiler libraries, development and Web site folders, git repositories, most App Support and prefs.
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@mjtsai That's a really good idea; thanks! I should do that. What size card are you using? -
@samstigler 16 GB right now, and it’s full. I’ve ordered a larger card; they’re pretty cheap now.
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Tom Harrington
Sam Stigler
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