TimeMachine cheat sheet *REVISITED 2020

*Easy view table with Sample Output

start & stop

tmutil startbackup
tmutil stopbackup

local snapshots

tmutil disablelocal
tmutil enablelocal

exclusions

tmutil addexclusion PATH (e.g. ~/TEMP)  ** will be sticky (follows folder move)
tmutil addeexclusion -p  ** non sticky
tmutil removeexclusion PATH
## path can be in "" double quotes if spaces in name

listing

tmutil listbackups

statitics

tmutil calculatedrift PATH TO BACKUP FOLDER

enable & disable

tmutil disable
tmutil enable