Symlinks

[LarryMcJ]

If I want to include files or folders in my User Backup that are not physically located in the /Users folders, can I add Symlinks to the /Users folder...and will they be also backed up? Thanks.

Larry

[dnanian]

No, we'd just copy the link, not the content that was linked to. Where are these folders located?

[LarryMcJ]

I didn't have anyplace specific in mind...it was just a question. I do try to keep everything of importance in my /Users folder, but as the admin and only user of this machine, there are probably some files in my computer/library folder I'd like to preserve.

I'm probably being paranoid...I use Time Machine, plus SuperDuper! to backup my user folder every day (but they go to the same external drive), plus Dropbox for the super-critical items. Several catastrophic data losses over the past 20 years have made me more cautious.

Larry

[dnanian]

Well - I'd really suggest a "Backup - all files", Larry. That way you can be sure to have everything.

[LarryMcJ]

I'd thought about that but figured the "Evaluating Files" part of the backup might take a lot of time. Once the initial backup is done and considering there is very little change each day, how long would this take? I have about 800K files and 30 GB.

Larry

[dnanian]

12 minutes? Less? It doesn't take that long.