In terminal there are a few ways to do a selective backup. This one
allows one to choose which folders and if wished to backup only those
files that have changed since the last backup.
Better than Time Machine: backup your Mac with rsync
http://www.haykranen.nl/2008/05/05/rsync/
On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Traci Duncan wrote:
Is there a good back up/sync solution if I only want to back up a handful of
items? For example, I want to back up music, photos, a folder inside
documents, and a couple protected DMG folders. The DMG folders inside
documents often change and update, they are works in progress.
From my Googling, it sounds like it is difficult in Time Machine to only
include items. Time Machine?s set up is to exclude. If I want to back up a
handful, I imagine my exclusion list would be large.
Any advice or guidance on this? Also, is there a way in Time Machine to limit
the number of snap shots? I?m not really looking to access a snap shot from 3
Months ago.
I remember I had this cool program in Windows, where I plugged in a USB drive
and had it set up to back up 3 or 4 folders on my system. It had something
like 3 options to back up changes, replace, or duplicate. If I remember
correctly, it was meant for the person that may take their USB drive to work or
school, change files on it, then want to save those changes to their system at
home. They could then continue to work on the files at home and save those
changes back to the USB drive. I cannot remember the name of the program, but
it met my needs perfectly. :)
Thanks for your thoughts.
Traci
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