Backup Frequency and Exclusions Lists

Frequency

Backup changes every:

Every 15 minutes

Version retention

For one week, keep a version:

Every 15 minutes

After one week, keep a version:

Every day

After 90 days, keep a version:

Every week

After one year, keep a version:

Every month

Remove deleted files:

Every month

(?i).*\.ini

(?i).*\.rbf

.*/AppData/Local/Temp.*

.*/AppData/Temp.*

.*/Application Data/Application Data.*

(?i).:/autoexec.bat

(?i).:/Config\.Msi.*

(?i).:/Config\.Msi/

.*/Cookies/

.*/I386.*

.*/Local Settings/History/

.*/Local Settings/Temp.*

.*/LocalService/

.*/Microsoft.*/RecoveryStore.*

(?i).*/Microsoft.*/Windows/.*\.edb

(?i).*/Microsoft.*/Windows/.*\.log

.*/Microsoft.*/Windows/Cookies.*

.*/MSOCache.*

.*/NetHood/

.*/NetworkService/

(?i).*/NTUSER.*

(?i).*/ntuser.dat.*

.*/pagefile.sys

.*/PrintHood/

.:/ProgramData/

.*/Recent/

.*/RECYCLER/.*

.*/SendTo/

.*/Start Menu/

.*/System Volume Information/.*

.*/Temporary Internet Files/.*

(?i).:/WINDOWS/

.*/Windows/Installer.*

.*/Windows/Temp.*

(?i).*\$RECYCLE\.BIN/.*

.*Thumbs\.db

.*UsrClass\.dat

.*UsrClass\.dat\.LOG.*

.*\.fseventsd.*

.*\.hotfiles\.btree.*

.*\.Spotlight-.*/.*

.*\.Trash.*

/\.vol/.*

/afs/.*

/automount/.*

/bin/

/cores/.*

/Desktop DB

/Desktop DF

/dev/.*

/etc/

.*/iP.* Software Updates/.*

.*/iPhoto Library/iPod Photo Cache.*

.*/iTunes/Album Artwork/Cache/.*

.*/Library/Application Support/SyncServices/.*

.*/Library/Caches/.*

.*/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache

.*/Library/Logs/.*

.*/Library/Mail/AvailableFeeds/.*

.*/Library/Mail/Envelope Index

.*/Library/Mirrors/.*

.*/Library/PubSub/Database/.*

.*/Library/PubSub/Downloads/.*

.*/Library/PubSub/Feeds/.*

.*/Library/Safari/HistoryIndex.sk

.*/Library/Safari/Icons.db

.*/Library/Safari/WebpageIcons.db

.*/Library/Saved Application State/.*

.*/lost\+found/.*

/mach_kernel

/mach.sym

.*/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Temp/.*

/net/.*

.*/Network Trash Folder/.*

/Network/.*

/Network/Servers.*

/Previous Systems.*

/private/

/private/Network/.*

/private/tmp/.*

/private/var/automount/.*

/private/var/db/dhcpclient/.*

/private/var/db/fseventsd/.*

/private/var/folders/.*

/private/var/run/.*

/private/var/spool/postfix/.*

/private/var/tmp/.*

/private/var/vm/.*

/sbin/

/sw/

/System/

/System/Library/Extensions/Caches/.*

/tmp/.*

.*/Trash/.*

/Users/Shared/SC Info.*

/usr/

.*/VM Storage

.*MobileBackups/.*

/bin/

/boot/

/dev/.*

/etc/

/initrd/

/lib/

.*/lost\+found/.*

/opt/

/proc/.*

/sbin/

/selinux/.*

/srv/

/sys/.*

/tmp/.*

/usr/

/var/

.*\.cprestoretmp.*

.*\.part

.*/(?:42|\d{8,}).*/(?:cp|~).*

(?i).*/CrashPlan.*/(?:cache|log|conf|manifest|metadata|upgrade)/.*

/dev/.*

(?i).*/Google/Chrome/.*cache.*

.*/Google/Chrome/Safe Browsing.*

.*/iPhoto Library/iPod Photo Cache/.*

.*/lost\+found/.*

(?i).*/Mozilla/Firefox/.*cache.*

.*/Music/Subscription/.*

/proc/.*

/sys/.*

/tmp/.*

(?i)^.*(\.class|-journal|\.Win386\.SWP|PM_HIBER\.BIN|SAVE2DSK\.BIN|SYSTEM\.DAT|TOSHIBER\.DAT|Thumbs\.db|USER\.DAT|\.bck|\.bkf|\.cdt|\.hdd|\.hds|\.icloud|\.ini|\.lrprev|\.manifest|\.mum|\.nib|\.nvram|\.ost|\.part|\.pvm|\.pvs|\.rbf|\.tib|\.tmp|\.upd|\.avhdx|\.vdi|\.vfd|\.vhd|\.vhdx|\.vmc|\.vmdk|\.vmem|\.vmsd|\.vmsn|\.vmss|\.vmtm|\.vmwarevm|\.vmx|\.vmxf|\.vsv|\.vud|\.xva|memory\.dmp|/Lightroom.*Previews\.lrdata|\.sparsebundle|\.sparseimage|/(cookies|permissions)\.sqlite(-.{3})?)$

(?i)^.*(/Apple.*/Installer Cache/|/Cache/|/Cookies/|/Music/Subscription/|/Plex Media Server/|/Steam/|/Temp/|/\.dropbox\.cache/|/\.git/|/iPod Photo Cache/|/node_modules/|/tmp/|/tsm_images/|\.Trash|\.hdd/|\.pvm/|\.cprestoretmp|\.nvm|\.npm|/\.gradle/).*