I really don't want to do a full backup of the entire hard drive. Then I only have to back up the shortcut on the Desktop. I suppose that the alias can go on the Desktop & then I can add folders to store my stuff. If I right-click on Documents in David's Mac mini under Devices, there is an option to make an alias. However, if I left-click on Documents under Favorites & then right-click on the Documents pane, there is an option to add a new folder. When I right-click on Documents, there is no option to add a new folder. Under Devices in Finder, I left-click on David's Mac mini then Macintosh HD > Users > MyfirstMac. If there were more users, how would they show up in Finder? In Finder, why is there a Favorites section? Why is it called Favorites? When I click on Desktop, the path is Macintosh HD > Users > MyfirstMac > Desktop. That's what I want to do with both of my Macs. Then I manually saved my personal stuff in subfolders. When I had Windows, I created a shortcut for the Documents folder on the Desktop.
Either way, I want all my stuff in a centralized location so that I only need to back up one folder & all of my stuff would be in subfolders. I can do it manually or I can use backup software. I already manually back up stuff that I want to save. I just want to back up my personal stuff. I don't want to back up Applications, Downloads & Desktop. If I were to back up the "MyfirstMac" folder, it would back up Applications, Desktop, Movies, Music, Documents, Downloads, Pictures, whatever. Is that equivalent to a shortcut in Windows? I noticed that the path is Macintosh HD > Users > MyfirstMac > Music. When I left-click on "MyfirstMac" under "Favorites" & then right-click on "Music" in the Finder, one of the options is "Make Alias". I want a centralized folder for saving all of my stuff. I'm ripping my music CDs & I want to save them.
I might want to learn Objective-C, so I'll want to save the demo programs. I'm learning Java so I want to save the demo programs. Time Machine only does full backups & incremental(or is it differential? I get the 2 confused.), right? I can't specify specific folders for Time Machine to back up, right? I have text documents that I want to save. I thought about it after I sent the post, & I'd rather back up personal stuff than the whole hard drive.
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