Copy Script for Applications folder?

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Originally Posted by dnanian

Are you sure you want to isolate these two updates like this? It won't be significantly faster than a full "Backup - all files", especially if you use Smart Update (or Copy Newer), since we always "walk" the entire drive (since the scripts themselves can be arbitrarily complex).

The external drive is USB and not bootable; my bootable clone is on a Firewire drive on another machine. We're talking Applications archives here, not emergency clone; the more-frequent temporary Users-only backup just happens to be on the same USB drive as my archives because there's lots of room on it. But I didn't make that clear. Sorry.

Originally Posted by dnanian

But, if you really want to do this, the best way is to create a brand new copy script. Include the "Exclude all files" script in the 2nd tab, and then add the Applications folder in the 3rd. Make sure the command in front is "copy", save with an appropriate name, and you should be all set.

Make sense?

It does. Somehow I missed seeing the "Exclude all files" script. I'll have another look. Thanks for your help!