How do I eliminate current photos on my "in use HD" from going to Time Machine since my existing back up is over 900 GB?
I would like to learn how to control what Time Machine backs up. Presently I can pick existing external hard drives to be eliminated but I am having trouble tagging individual files ( such as Pictures) from being included in each back up. ONce I have photos backed up once I don't understand why they need backing up every hour. I can individually back up new photos as I load them.
Rick
Well, if you don't want your photos being backed up by Time Machine, use the exclusions list (described by léonie) to exclude the folder(s) that the photos are in. Then be sure to back those folders up to the other HD using some other software.
Also, I'm guessing that you're looking for true long-term safety, and that you really aren't going to want to lose any of those photos. If that's the case, note that one single backup of any data is really not sufficient. At a minimum, you're going to want two completely separate backups made with two different backup programs (in case of a failure on the part of one of them). Ideally, you'll want more than two separate backups, and at least one will be kept off site. And you may want some archival backups as well (ie, copies of those photos on a drive that gets put in a safe deposit box or something and never touched again, just in case corruption creeps into all your other backups).
I know all that is harder to budget, but hard drives are probably a lot cheaper than what your data is worth to you.
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