You can customize your Backup3 (part of the enhanced .Mac package) QuickPicks to provide a tidy way to back up collections of your own choice. For example, I wanted a QuickPick that would back up iPhoto metadata, without the actual photos (I have 17GB of photos!).
Looking through the existing QuickPicks packages in /Library -> Application Support -> Backup -> QuickPicks, you can see examples of how other ones are done, make your own, and put them in ~/Library -> Application Support -> Backup -> QuickPicks, and Backup then adds them to the list of available QuickPicks.
As an example, here's the content of the DefinitionPlist.strings file for my iPhoto Metadata QuickPick. Now it's a simple mouse click to back up this data using Backup3.
[robg adds: I haven't tested this yet, but plan on doing so shortly. From looking at it, it looks like the easiest way to create your own QuickPick would be to copy one of Apple's into your own directory, rename the package, and then modify all the relevant files inside the bundle.
Looking through the existing QuickPicks packages in /Library -> Application Support -> Backup -> QuickPicks, you can see examples of how other ones are done, make your own, and put them in ~/Library -> Application Support -> Backup -> QuickPicks, and Backup then adds them to the list of available QuickPicks.
As an example, here's the content of the DefinitionPlist.strings file for my iPhoto Metadata QuickPick. Now it's a simple mouse click to back up this data using Backup3.
[robg adds: I haven't tested this yet, but plan on doing so shortly. From looking at it, it looks like the easiest way to create your own QuickPick would be to copy one of Apple's into your own directory, rename the package, and then modify all the relevant files inside the bundle.
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