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How to back up hidden files/folders in Apple's Backup Apps
I just got a .mac account, use GnuPG, and want Apple's Backup to store my keyring on my iDisk regularly in a custom Backup plan. However, he keyring is by default located at /Users/myuser/.gnupg, which is a hidden folder in the Finder, and that makes Backup's standard folder and file browser not see it.

However, it is possible to do this with drag and drop. But it works differently for files than for folders. For both types of hidden items, one has to open the hidden folder in a Finder window (eg. Command-Shift-G and then insert the above folder path). The files one wants can now be selected, dragged, and dropped into the list of the opened custom Backup Plan.

If one wants to back up the whole folder instead, one can't just do it this way. From the Finder window of the open .gnupg folder, one has to open the Information window (eg. Command-I), and then click the triangle to open the Preview row of the Information window. This icon then, to my knowledge, is the only drag and droppable folder reference which can be put into Backup's folder/file list for the custom plan.
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How to back up hidden files/folders in Apple's Backup
Authored by: zpjet on Feb 04, '08 08:22:28AM

couldn't you set up gnupg to look to look for keyrings in a visible folder? i've done that before, as i didn't trust myself, i'd forget to back up dotted folders so i put the keyrings in documents and pointed gnupg there.



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How to back up hidden files/folders in Apple's Backup
Authored by: elPresidente on Feb 04, '08 08:23:51AM
This icon then, to my knowledge, is the only drag and droppable folder reference

Hey, Americano, you is just wrong. Drag the folder icon from Finder's title bar to Backup. Muey simple.

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How to back up hidden files/folders in Apple's Backup
Authored by: brw3sbc on Feb 04, '08 10:00:20AM

Would not your Keychains be safely backed-up to your iDisk if you included them in Sync? Investigate the Sync portion of the .mac preference pane within your System Preferences.



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