How to save metadata in .xmp also for .jpgs?

In LR 2.5, I have selected "save the metadata in .xmp files" in the Catalog Settings, and I have NOT selected "include develop settings inside jpeg, tiff, ... I notice however that the metadata is saved in .xmp files only for photos in RAW format (which for me is .ORF, the Olympus RAW format).
In jpegs, the metadata seems to be saved in the jpeg. This is not ideal in my situation, because when I back up photos using rsync (or the time machine), all jpegs where I have modified metadata will be backed up again, causing a lot of data to be backed up, when a tiny .xmp would in fact be enough. Is there a way to ensure that the jpegs per se are not touched, and all information is stored in sidecar .xmp files?
Second question: if I select "store all metadata in xmp", when is this stored? Whenever I make a change? Or do I have to explicitly select the command "save metadata" for a folder?
Many thanks! Luca.

A reason RAWs are the only ones with XMP sidecars and JPGs don't, besides the fact it is easy to save metadata in JPGs compared to RAWs, is that when a camera shoots RAW + JPG both files have the same name except for the extension and so when an XMP with the same name except for the extension exists, it wouldn't be clear whether its metadata was for the RAW or for the JPG.
I am on a PC, so am not sure how TimeMachine works, but a well-done backup stores file differences, not the entire file, for each cycle, and also uses block-checksums to see what parts of the files have changed, so it doesn't need to read the entire backup file, nor store entire files as part of the backup process.
There is a Save Metadata to Files command and there is a Automatically Save Metadata... preference. Either one writes things out to the XMP for RAWs or the image files themselves for formats that support this. I usually have Automatically Save Metadata... enabled but I also explicitly write it out to the files before doing things like purging files off my main work drive and moving them off to a backup device because LR seems to do the Automatic Save Metadata... operation in the background and it's never clear when it is finished.

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