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From: Davoud on 25 Mar 2010 18:35
Chris Schram wrote:

> (Mac OS X 10.6.2)
>
> This evening I was editing a jpg file in a subfolder of my Documents
> folder. At some point in the process it occurred to me that I should
> have been working on a copy of the file rather than the original. DUH!
>
> No problem, I thought. I'll get fetch the original from Time Machine.
> WRONG!
>
> Time Machine had no backups of my Documents folder or its contents. I
> checked its settings. Documents was not excluded. What's going on?!
>
> Here's what was going on. Over time Documents gets filled up with cruft
> and I periodically Tell Time Machine to delete all the backups of that
> folder, assuming that backups will resume from that point on. This has
> worked well in the past.
>
> Once-upon-a-time Time Machine had a hiccup and decided it no longer
> needed to backup Documents. I reiterate: This decision was not visible
> in Time Machine's Preferences.
>
> The solution: I dragged Documents into the Excluded Items window, then
> removed it from same. That must have fixed things, because Documents now
> has a few backups.
>
> The jpg file I lost was something I'd found on a website, so a quick
> google was all I needed to recover it. Emergency averted.
>
> I'm copying this message to Apple's Feedback page.

Very good tip, and I'm glad it did not cost you a data loss to provide
it. Thanks.

I am reminded of the line from Ghostbusters. Dr. Peter Venkman: "All
right, important safety tip." ("Don't cross the beams!")

Davoud

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