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Originally Posted by Matt Stevens
If you have system-wide backups running the infinite number of backup files created by OmniFocus can be a little annoying. Here's how to disable them:
- In Preferences, uncheck the "Also back up when quitting" option
- Quit OmniFocus
- Launch Terminal
- Enter defaults write com.omnigroup.OmniFocus AutomaticBackupMinutes -int 525600000
Backups will now occur once a millennia.
You can also set the backup path to /tmp:
defaults write com.omnigroup.OmniFocus AutomaticBackupFolder /tmp
Files written to /tmp will eventually be deleted by the system so if OmniFocus does create backups for some reason you won't have to do anything to get rid of them. |
Given Time Machine backups will typically back up the OmniFocus database while it's open, and that's not always the most reliable, I'll go on the record and say I don't recommend setting this to "once a millennium." With the size of these files, there's little harm to creating a folder called "backups" and culling it every couple months.
It would be nice if OF would just hold a rolling # of backups (configurable as 5, 10, or 25 or something), and be done with it, but totally turning this off and relying only on Time Machine is a little dangerous IMO, if you value the data :-)