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10.5: Show files that Time Machine does not backup
Authored by: johnsawyercjs on Fri, Apr 4 2008 at 6:36PM PDT

Personally, I'd prefer if "Previous Systems" was backed up too. It usually doesn't contain much that might be of use, except for non-Apple items in /Library that can usually be reinstalled, but it's nice to be able to look inside it to see what those items are, if one has forgotten. I'm not sure if Archive & Install moves one's personal cron scripts into a newly-installed system, but if it doesn't, they'd be in Previous Systems too.

10.5: Show files that Time Machine does not backup
Authored by: TvE on Sat, Apr 5 2008 at 2:01AM PDT

Then you can just rename the folder…