How to: Make your own .Mac Backup QuickPicks

This tip comes courtesy of JC at Mac Geekery, who has discovered how easy it is to roll your own QuickPicks for .Mac Backup by editing the Definitio list.strings found i ide the packages within Library/A lication Su ort/Backup/QuickPicks/. QuickPicks are those pre-defined backup sets that grab ecific types of e ential files, like all your Excel docs, or your entire iPhoto or iTunes Library, or all your text files.

As JC points out, many 3rd party a i tall convenient QuickPicks of their own, but for those that don't, you can now create them yourself without breaking a sweat. It's little things like this that you don't realize just how handy they are until someone else points it out. And remember, kids... you're only as good as your last backup.