# ============================================ # Restic exclude list for macOS user data backup # Mirrors Time Machine standard exclusions + extras # ============================================ # --- macOS system/app caches --- Library/Caches Library/Logs Library/Cookies Library/HTTPStorages Library/Saved Application State Library/WebKit/MediaKeys Library/Containers/*/Data/Library/Caches Library/Containers/*/Data/Library/Logs Library/Group Containers/*/Library/Caches Library/Application Support Library/Containers # --- Spotlight & indexing --- .Spotlight-V100 .fseventsd # --- Trash --- .Trash # --- macOS metadata --- .DS_Store .TemporaryItems .DocumentRevisions-V100 # --- Nix store symlinks (reconstructable) --- .nix-defexpr .nix-profile # Skip files that are nix store symlinks .zshrc .zshenv .manpath # --- Build artifacts & dependency caches --- node_modules .gradle .ivy2 .m2 .sbt .npm .cache target __pycache__ *.pyc .tox .venv venv .data # --- Go --- go/pkg # --- IDE/editor state --- .vscode/extensions .vscode-server # --- Git large objects (restic deduplicates, but no point backing up pack files) --- .git/objects/pack # --- Large/reconstructable/synced --- big-files Seafile cloud Downloads # --- Application-specific transient data --- Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Service Worker Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Code Cache Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/GPUCache Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/IndexedDB Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/ShaderCache Library/Application Support/Slack/Service Worker Library/Application Support/Slack/Code Cache Library/Application Support/Slack/GPUCache Library/Application Support/Discord/Code Cache Library/Application Support/Discord/GPUCache # --- Photos library (synced from iCloud, very large) --- Library/Photos # --- Mail downloads (re-downloadable) --- Library/Mail/V*/MailData/Envelope Index* # --- Swap/sleep/VM --- .SleepImage .swap* # --- Claude Code --- #.claude.json.backup # --- SSH sockets --- .ssh/sockets # --- atuin (shell history sync, reconstructable) --- #.atuin # --- zsh compiled/session state --- .zcompdump* .zsh_sessions