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Sep 20, 2016 8:49 PM in response to Jon Whiteby TeenTitan,Have you tried adding /system to your time machine backup?
Usually when you do, you will get a prompt asking if you want to include system files in your backup.
No need to modify /system/ or disable SIP.
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Sep 20, 2016 9:03 PM in response to Jon Whiteby etresoft,Jon White wrote:
Time Machine automatically excludes several items from backup via /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/StdExclusions.pli st.
There are items in this file that I DO want to backup.
Hello Jon,
Such as? Those items are excluded for a reason. They may be cache files that will be recreated automatically, they may be index files that can't be restored, they may be files that are always open and will cause problems with Time Machine.
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Sep 21, 2016 6:25 AM in response to etresoftby Jon White,such as:
<string>Library/Safari/Icons.db</string> <string>Library/Safari/WebpageIcons.db</string> <string>Library/Safari/HistoryIndex.sk</string> These are files that can be readily accessed and modified in the live environment, I should be able to restore a backup copy as well.
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Sep 21, 2016 6:58 AM in response to Jon Whiteby etresoft,Hello again Jon,
Do you use iCloud with Safari? These are files that iCloud controls.