Is there a good version of Time Machine?

[Chris Jones]

On 22/02/16 12:38, Bachsau wrote:
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>> Am 22.02.2016 um 08:52 schrieb Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org>:
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>> I ask because either it won't back up .dotfiles, or I've forgotten to
>> click one of those box thingies...
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> Time Machine can do complete system restores, which is why it needs to backup every file. However, it could be possible that it doesn't display them in history. I would try Googling and poking around in some plist files.

That would be my guess. Plenty of information on the web if you take the 
time to do a simple search. Take a look at for instance

http://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/how-to-access-hidden-files-to-restore-in-time-machine/