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How to back up hidden files/folders in Apple's Backup
Authored by: zpjet on Mon, Feb 4 2008 at 8:22AM PST

couldn't you set up gnupg to look to look for keyrings in a visible folder? i've done that before, as i didn't trust myself, i'd forget to back up dotted folders so i put the keyrings in documents and pointed gnupg there.