Wanda,

Here is our default list that we install on all Mac clients.
It's almost certainly not exhaustive and I'd be interested
to have any comments and/or futher additions to the exclude list.
A point of note - the weird Ä character is the ASCii representation
of CHR(196) and on the mac looks like a leant-over f ( I'm told it's
the florint character ). 
I too am no Mac guru but am told that a wildcarded exclusion of all 
Caceh folders is not advisable as some Cache folders on the Mac hold
important app/user data.

Exclude                 "...:Desktop DB"
Exclude                 "...:Desktop DF"
Exclude                 "...:Desktop"
Exclude                 "...:Trash:...:*"
Exclude                 "...:Wastebasket:...:*"
Exclude                 "...:VM Storage"
Exclude                 "...:Norton FileSaver Data"
Exclude                 "...:Norton VolumeSaver Data"
Exclude                 "...:Norton VolumeSaver Index"
Exclude.dir            "...:System Folder:Preferences:cache-cache"
Exclude.dir            "...:System Folder:Preferences:Netscape Users:...:Cache 
Ä"
Exclude.dir            "...:System Folder:Preferences:Netscape Ä:Cache Ä"
Exclude.dir            "...:System Folder:Preferences:Explorer:Temporary Files"
Exclude                 "...:Temporary Items:...:*"
Exclude                 "...:...:TheFindByContentIndex"
Exclude                 "...:aaaaaaa?????*"
Exclude                 "...:...:TSM Sched*"
Exclude                 "...:...:TSM Error*"

HTH
Ian Smith
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Ian Smith             - HFS Backup / Archive Services   
Ian Smith             - HFS Backup / Archive Services   
Oxford University Computing Services
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