How to back up hidden files/folders in Apple's Backup

Feb 04, '08 07:30:02AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

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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