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Scott RatnerScott Ratner 

Alternatives to Time Machine, Need Backup Solution for Emails Only.

Hello, My name is Scott and I own a small business of developing software for multiple platforms. We all here work on Mac and are concerned with one major problem and that is Time Machine Backup. Time Machine backs up the entire map database that is available. We have a huge amount of emails coming in as we also run support for our software. So what I basically have in mind is that if we could set Time Machine to backup only our emails and not the other stuff. Secondly, if that is not possible then what are the other alternatives for Time Machine backup available? We all here use Apple Mail as the primary email client for the exchange of emails. Kindly let me know all the possible solutions. Thanks
George KempGeorge Kemp
You will have to configure Time Machine to backup only your mail folders and exclude all the other folders. The Location of your apple mail folder is here: /Users/username/Library/Mail and /Users/username/Library/Mail Downloads

Answering your second request, yes, there are multiple alternatives available online for email backup but unfortunately, they are paid. One I found for Apple Mail is: http://www.mailbackupx.com/how-to-scenerios/how-to-backup-apple-mac-mail- (http://www.mailbackupx.com/how-to-scenerios/how-to-backup-apple-mac-mail-mails-on-mac.html)mails (http://www.mailbackupx.com/how-to-scenerios/how-to-backup-apple-mac-mail-mails-on-mac.html)-on-mac.html (http://www.mailbackupx.com/how-to-scenerios/how-to-backup-apple-mac-mail-mails-on-mac.html