does time machine backup private browsing sessions

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does time machine backup private browsing sessions

Does time machine backup private browsing session in Safari (6.0.5) and if so, how do I prevent that?

MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), solid state hard drive

Posted on Aug 22, 2013 4:37 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 23, 2013 7:23 AM in response to Pondini

Not sure exactly what to exclude. There is so much there! Can I exclude whole folders (which ones?) that exclude email and safari — maybe applications, maybe library, maybe user infromation, maybe system, maybe user, anything but my work (just MS Office stuff, iTunes, and pictures) — or do I need to be very selective?

Thanks!

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Answer 2

Pondini

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Aug 23, 2013 7:37 AM in response to Hollins Street

Excluding most things is not a good idea. See Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #11.

I suspect the history of private sessions is never written to disk, so can't be backed-up, but if that's all you're worried about exclude your browser history.

If you use Safari, exclude:

~/Library/Safari/History.plist

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