Whilst this is certainly true, I just did a quick test with Time Machine by adding a small text file inside an App package, and whilst the App Created and Modified dates did not change, Time Machine did recognise that the package contents had changed and backed up the extra file. What I don't know is whether Time Machine backed up the entire App, or just the contents that changed.
In my case I use FoldersSynchroniser for bootable image backup; Time Machine is only sometimes useful to me. I made the assumption that FS would know about changes in packages and was wrong.
***I ASSUME*** Apple is smart enough to treat an App just like any other folder and back up only the *FILES* that have changed, not entire folders. ***END ASSUMPTION*** I raise this because of what I've read on the net about what is termed 'Time Machine incompatible apps'. The classic example given is Eudora which I understand saves all it's e-mails in one DB file.
This is just not true. Eudora has always had separate files for each mailbox in classic mbox format. Much loved by Eudora users because each mailbox is in plain text and easily parsed for archiving.
Recent problems with Eudora in Leopard were solved by going back to the old separate style TOC files for each mailbox, as opposed to using resource forks.
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