Will Time Machine backup my SD card?

Did anyone ever figure this out? I have the same issue...

• A 64GB microSD card is formatted as "journaled"
• The volume shows up as excluded in Time Machine "Options..."
• I highlight that entry and hit "-" to remove it. This seems to work, as it disappears, and the estimated size of the backup increases.
• Then I hit "Save".
• If I press "Options...", the SD card is again on the excluded list.

I tried to remove the exclusion via the sudo command-line route, as described above, and similarly found it has no effect.

I've searched around; many people have no problem so long as their SD card is formatted as "journaled". It's unclear what's different here.

(This is on OS X 10.7.4, btw.)

I am having the same issue, I wouldn't be surprised if this is a bug with lion 10.7.4.

My next move is to call apple.

Hi. I'm having the exact same issue. Did anyone solve this problem? What was the outcome of contact with apple? I'm using 10.8.1.

I'd also like to add "me too", to this thread.

I've got a MacBook Air, 64GB SD card HFS formatted, Mountain Lion, and cannot remove it from Time Machine's exclusion list. (Using the GUI or Terminal, it remains in the list).

Any help is appreciated.

I have a curious work around that I'm testing.

I too have a high capacity SD card permantely attached.

I put a symbolic link in a drop box folder. It syncs without filling up the dropbox local.

In exactly the same boat too - would be really interested to hear if anyone has found a way to backup their SD cards through Time Machine!

As an aside, how are you guys currently backing up the contents of your SD cards - just copying to external HDD?

Fingers crossed!

Did you ever get this work ? This has been driving me crazy since 10.7 (now on 10.8.2)

No one???

Did anyone find a solution to this?

yeah read the latest post here...seems it was ever possible.... maybe who had some problem have some problem with the sd or the port

Well this is still an issue in 10.8.5 I guess. I want to use the SD card as extra storage on my Air and would like it to be backed up via Time Machine.

Here's the drill:

1) Insert SD card and check TM options. SD card is grayed in exclusion list.

2) Check card format and it's FAT32. Format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

3) Eject & reinsert. Disk info indicates new format.

4) Check TM options and SD card listed in exclusion list and not grayed.

5) Remove SD card from exclusion list, select Save.

6) Select TM options again: SD card back in exclusion list.

Has anyone found or heard of a fix or workaround? Any 10.9 users out there that could check this?

Thanks.

Hi folks. The bug has been fixed under OS X Mavericks. After I installed 10.9 my time machine backs up my sd cards without issues.

Worked for as well. Bug fixed.

Great, thanks for the input. Now comes the wait for 10.9.1.

I just got a SD card and formatted it to the proper specs, mac osx extended (journaled). Before I did that, it was showing up (greyed out) in my excluded list in Time Machine. After I formatted it and put the files back on, it no longer shows up in that list, which is great, but TM isn't backing it up. The sd card is located on my desktop and when I search TM, I don't see it as being backed up. Any suggestions? Thanks