What to inklude or exclude in SD- or Time Machine-Backups

[slotcarbob]

Msg, I too asked the question, since TM. Here's what I finally decided. I make a full clone with SD. Then, I tell TM to not clone my "Pictures", and "Music" folders. I let SD handle any updates when I add photos or music.

The reason I did this was because TM does a stupid thing with Pictures folder, because the iPhoto Library is now a package. It will try to update the entire library every time you add just a few pictures. This was making me run out of room quickly. I re-established a brand new TM partition after I made this selection.