DMG disk images silently skipped from backups
Password-protected disk image files marked for backup are silently skipped, and include filters exclude everything else.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 26 August 2026 · last reported 27 August 2026
What's going wrong
Mac users who keep password-protected disk image files find that these files were not backed up for months, even though they were marked for backup.
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