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Trim down TimeMachine backups
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Add multiple vendor paths to TimeMachine's ignore list

1. Check for 'SkipPaths' value, these are the paths that TM ignores

defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist

2. (Optional) clear out 'SkipPaths'

defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist SkipPaths

3. Start adding directories in bulk

find ~/projects -name "node_modules" -maxdepth 5 | sudo xargs tmutil addexclusion -p

find ~/projects -name "vendor" -maxdepth 5 | sudo xargs tmutil addexclusion -p

4. Find large files for funzies...

find ~/projects -size +200000

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