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From: ithinkiam@gmail.com (Chris)
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Subject: Time Machine missing folder and folders to routinely remove?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:42:47 +0000
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 by: Chris - Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:42 UTC

Time Machine is complaining that a backup cannot complete because a file
is missing. This isn't surpirsing as it's an Outlook temp file which is
under /Users/<username>/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook. I'll
add that to the exclusion list, I thought, however, that folder is also
temporary and therefore can't be added to the exclusion list via the TM UI.

So, firstly, how do I exclude a (currently) non-existent folder from TM
backup? Is there a commandline option I could use?

Secondly, how can I get TM to resume backup despite the missing file?

And, more generally, what folders does everyone routinely exclude from
TM backups? The only one I have currently is the main Outlook folder as
that's huge and pointless to backup.

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From: alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid (Alan B)
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 by: Alan B - Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:59 UTC

On 27 Feb 2024 at 09:42:47 GMT, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

> And, more generally, what folders does everyone routinely exclude from
> TM backups? The only one I have currently is the main Outlook folder as
> that's huge and pointless to backup.

~/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-Personal
/Applications/Xcode.app

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Cheers, Alan

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 by: Chris - Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:30 UTC

On 27/02/2024 09:42, Chris wrote:
>
> Time Machine is complaining that a backup cannot complete because a file
> is missing. This isn't surpirsing as it's an Outlook temp file which is
> under /Users/<username>/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook. I'll
> add that to the exclusion list, I thought, however, that folder is also
> temporary and therefore can't be added to the exclusion list via the TM UI.
>
> So, firstly, how do I exclude a (currently) non-existent folder from TM
> backup? Is there a commandline option I could use?

Update. It wasn't a non-existent folder, but a hidden one. In the TM
folder chooser dialogue it doesn't show hidden folders and nor can you
enable it to do so like a normal Finder window, it seems.

Through a google, I found you can drag folders to the TM dialogue,
however, which I did and now TM is happy again.

> Secondly, how can I get TM to resume backup despite the missing file?
>
> And, more generally, what folders does everyone routinely exclude from
> TM backups? The only one I have currently is the main Outlook folder as
> that's huge and pointless to backup.

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From: alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid (Alan B)
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Subject: Re: Time Machine missing folder and folders to routinely remove?
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 by: Alan B - Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:01 UTC

On 2024-02-27, Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 27 Feb 2024 at 09:42:47 GMT, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And, more generally, what folders does everyone routinely exclude from
>> TM backups? The only one I have currently is the main Outlook folder as
>> that's huge and pointless to backup.
>
> ~/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-Personal
> /Applications/Xcode.app

I excluded the OneDrive folder as there seemed to be some TM (and CCC) errors
due to files not being synced. Xcode.app contains a massive set of folders
and files but can easily be reloaded if lost or corrupted.

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Cheers, Alan

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