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How to remove data from Time Machine backups

I've done this short video, to demonstrate how one can remove data from Time machine backup. Because there are certain folders which have been backed up since ages, and they change often (like a virtual machine), and hence one can end up with a lot of space wasted in the backup drive.

Everything now is a cloud service??

I'm all for Cloud computing, and I love services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and S3. But I hate when people abuse the term.

I just came across this article, which starts with:

"Google’s Gmail outage on Monday was the latest stumble for nascent cloud computing services, which are becoming the lifeblood for small businesses and startups."

Gmail and a cloud service and 'nascent' too? Gmail is theoretically similar to Yahoo Mail which is like 'ancient' in internet time, but would you name that a 'cloud service'?

Everytime someone abuses this term on the internet, he definitely has no idea what he is talking about.