Time Machine

Template

Time machine settings.

Contents

• Time Machine
  • Summary
  • Keys
    • BackupDestURL
    • BackupAllVolumes
    • BackupSkipSys
    • AutoBackup
    • MobileBackups
    • BackupSizeMB
    • BasePaths
    • SkipPaths

Summary

PayloadType:com.apple.MCX.TimeMachine Supervised Only:  N/A macOS:N/A macOS Deprecated:  N/A iOS:N/A iOS Deprecated:N/A Highlander:N/A

Keys

BackupDestURL

Backup Destination

Set Time Machine Backup Destination. Set to the server address of the destination you would like to set. Example: afp://someserver.apple.com/Backups/. Note that the sharepoint must be hosted on a server running Mac OS X 10.5 or higher and must have be enabled as a Time Machine backup destination. Users must also have read/write access to the sharepoint.

Type	Default	Required	Regex	iOS	macOS	Supervised
string	afp://someserver.apple.com/Backups/	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BackupAllVolumes

Backup All Volumes

Set Time Machine to Back Up All Volumes. Set to “True” to set the preference to backup all volumes. Set to “False” to set the preference to backup the startup volume only. Please note that the “Backup Destination” preference must also be set if using this preference.

Type	Default	Required	Regex	iOS	macOS	Supervised
boolean	False	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BackupSkipSys

Skip System Files

Set Time Machine preference to skip system file backup. Set to “True” to skip system file backup. This setting applies to 10.5 and higher.

Type	Default	Required	Regex	iOS	macOS	Supervised
boolean	True	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

AutoBackup

Auto Backup

Set Time Machine to Back Up Automatically. Set to “True” to set the preference. Please note that the “Backup Destination” preference must also be set if using this preference.

Type	Default	Required	Regex	iOS	macOS	Supervised
boolean	True	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

MobileBackups

MobileBackups

Unverified - Backup mobile users?

Type	Default	Required	Regex	iOS	macOS	Supervised
boolean	True	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BackupSizeMB

Backup Limit

Set Time Machine per client backup limit (in MB). Set to the number of maximum MB you would like to allow for each client. Example: 5000. This setting applies to 10.5 and higher.

Type	Default	Required	Regex	iOS	macOS	Supervised
integer	5000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BasePaths

BasePaths

Unverified - BasePaths to back up

Type	Default	Required	Regex	iOS	macOS	Supervised
array	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

SkipPaths

SkipPaths

Unverified - SkipPaths, paths to skip

Type	Default	Required	Regex	iOS	macOS	Supervised
array	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A