# macOS Time Machine
## Metadata
**Kind**:: #app
**Platform**:: #macos
**Developer**:: [[Apple]]
**Status**:: #x
**Zettel**:: #zettel/permanent
**Created**:: [[2023-09-12]]
**Topic**:: [[♯ macOS]]
**Parent**:: [[♯ Personal Setup]], [[♯ Apps Catalog]]
**Tags**:: #backup
## Tips
⚡ Test whether a path is excluded
```
tmutil isexcluded .cache
```
⚡ Add a path to the exclusion list
```
sudo tmutil addexclusion -p "$(pwd)/.cache"
```
## Excluded List
[bin/tmmdexclude](https://github.com/doitian/dotfiles-public/blob/master/default/bin/tmmdexclude)