Adding File Groups with Backup 2

Although you can perform a perfectly good backup using just QuickPicks, you can also choose your own collections of files and folders to back up.

To Add a File Group in Backup 2

1.	Open Backup. Backup displays its main window.
2.	Do one of the following: In the Finder, select the files you want to back up, and drag them into the Backup window (Figure 12.60). Figure 12.60. Drag the files or folders (or any combination of them) into the Backup window to add them as QuickPicks. In the lower left corner of the main Backup window, click the plus (+) button (Figure 12.61) to bring up a filebrowser window. Navigate to the folder that you want to back up, and click Choose (Figure 12.62). Figure 12.61. Click the plus (+) button to open a file browser that allows you to choose files or folders to include in a backup group. Figure 12.62. Once you've navigated to the file or folder you want to include in a file group, click Choose. The items you dragged into the window appear as files and folders below the QuickPicks in the list. These files and folders have checked boxes next to them, indicating that they will be backed up during the next backup operation (Figure 12.63). Figure 12.63. The file or folder you choose appears at the bottom of the window with its box checked, ready to be included during the next backup.

Tip

• You can drag files and folders from any Finder window, including a search-results window. To create a backup list of files you search for, perform a search and then drag the items you want to back up from the search-results window into the Backup window.

To Remove a File Group in Backup 2

1.	Open Backup. Backup displays its main window.
2.	Control-click the file or folder you want to remove. A contextual menu appears under the pointer with one choiceDelete.
3.	Choose Delete from the menu (Figure 12.64). Figure 12.64. Choosing Delete from the contextual menu brought up by Control-clicking an item deletes the item from the QuickPick list. The item is deleted from the list of files to be backed up.

Tips

• You can also delete an item by selecting it in the window and pressing Delete.

• If you've got a two-button mouse, you can remove an item from the list of QuickPicks and folders by right-clicking it. If you delete a standard QuickPick and later decide you want that QuickPick back, choose Edit > Restore All QuickPicks.