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> That said I spend some time carefully picking which folders to include in the backup to avoid slowness and bloat. What directories do you exclude? I feel lik
by dividedbyzero 6y ago
> That said I spend some time carefully picking which folders to include in the backup to avoid slowness and bloat.
What directories do you exclude? I feel like there must be lots of superfluous stuff in my backups but I don't understand macOS well enough to know for sure.
- wila 6y agoNot OP, but you should exclude large files such as VMs [0] as those don't work well with Time Machine. Disclaimer: I am the author of Vimalin [1], the tool that Howard references as a possible solution for VM backups. [0] https://eclecticlight.co/2020/03/02/time-machine-15-large-files-including-vms/ https://eclecticlight.co/2020/03/02/time-machine-15-large-fi... [1] https://vimalin.com https://vimalin.com