Backup onto ntfs/fat32 external HDD

Can this be done?

I don't want to backup my os - just my settings, mail, apps setting, and files/photos.

Thanks

Time machine can do that

You can select your disk for back-up in the options. Press the plus sign again and go to your disk's folders where you can exclude folders like Applications and System from the back-up

But you would have to reformat the drive for that.

Alternativelly Arrsync, while quite basic, will achieve that, but is your disk FAT32 or NTFS

arRsync

I have one ntfs and one fat32. Thanks

The mac will not be albe to write to an NTFS drive - only read, unless you add write support for NFTS

This should help

macfuse - Google Code

Thank you.