I use time capsule for backup, when i exclude some folder on time machine preferences this folders don't skip the backup, i have same problem with an usb hard drive.
I was formatted my Time capsule but the problem remains. I was deleted com.apple.TimeMachine.plist but nothing....
I don't understand... 😮
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
I to face similar problem with my MacBook Pro 10.6.7. I had excluded many files before Backup, but still TM had backed up all the files including the files that i have Excluded.
I tried fresh backup by erasing the Backup partition completely, and once again excluded those files on TM and started the backup again. Initially it showed 19.11 Gb to be backup, but after reaching 19.11Gb, it still continued until it reaching 80 Gb. After backing i can see all those folders in the backup that i have excluded in TM.
Is there any fix for this issue?
That's almost always caused by a corrupted preference file. A "full reset" per #A4 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting ought to solve it.
If not, we have seen a very few cases here where the installation of OSX was damaged; reinstalling OSX (that won't affect anything else) fixed it. SeeInstalling the ''combo'' update and/or Reinstalling OSX.
A few days ago I reinstalled TimeMachine scheduler and it seemed to work, but now I was trying to do is
backup folder also excluded as the Downloads folder.
May want to install Timemachine scheduler or similar?
Why Time machine don't exclude folders?
