MacOS X Server Update 10.5.6 Does Not Fix Time Machine Backup Problem

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Unlike the 10.5.5 updater, the 10.5.6 update doesn’t appear to touch your custom StdExclusions.plist file if you updated it according to my previous post on this subject. But it also doesn’t fix the inherent problem.

The file I refer to is

/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/StdExclusions.plist

and under “ContentsExcluded” is

/private/var/spool

the default location for the mail store. You’ll want to make sure that’s still commented out.

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ds said:

And I assume the 10.5.7 update doesn't either...

Bill Eccles said:

Good point. No, 10.5.7 doesn't monkey about with this file, either. New post coming!

Thanks for the reminder.