diff --git a/osxbackup/backup.command b/osxbackup/backup.command
index df80fdf..5d15837 100755
--- a/osxbackup/backup.command
+++ b/osxbackup/backup.command
@@ -1,36 +1,47 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 # mac homedir backup script.
 # by jeffrey paul <sneak@datavibe.net>
 # 5539 AD00 DE4C 42F3 AFE1  1575 0524 43F4 DF2A 55C2
 # see README
 
-NOW="`date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S`"
-
 BACKUPDEST=${BACKUPDEST:-"sftp://sneak@datavibe.net/backup"}
 
 PASSPHRASEFILE="${HOME}/Documents/Secure/backup-password.txt"
-export PASSPHRASE="$(cat $PASSPHRASEFILE)"
+if [ -r "$PASSPHRASEFILE" ]; then
+    export PASSPHRASE="$(cat $PASSPHRASEFILE)"
+else
+    echo "$0 error: unable to read passphrase from file!" > /dev/stderr
+    exit 127
+fi
 
+OPTS=""
 OPTS+=" -v 5"
-OPTS+=" --exclude-globbing-filelist ${HOME}/.local/etc/duplicity.exclude"
+OPTS+=" --volsize 100"
 #OPTS+=" --asynchronous-upload"
 #OPTS+=" --allow-source-mismatch"
-#GPGOPTS="--compress-algo=bzip2 --bzip2-compress-level=9"
 
-if [ "$1" == "--verify" ]; then
-    time \
-        duplicity --gpg-options '$GPGOPTS' \
-            verify $OPTS $BACKUPDEST ${HOME}/
-else 
-    time \
-        duplicity --gpg-options "$GPGOPTS" \
-            $EXTRADUPLICITY $OPTS $RE ${HOME}/ $BACKUPDEST
-        echo "attempted backup to $BACKUPDEST"
-    if [ $? ]; then
-        echo "backup failed!" > /dev/stderr
-        exit 127
-    else    
-        echo "Successfully completed backup to ${BACKUPDEST}."
-    fi
-fi
+EXTRA=" --exclude-globbing-filelist ${HOME}/.local/etc/duplicity.exclude"
+EXTRA+=" --exclude ${HOME}/Pictures/Aperture?Library.aplibrary"
+EXTRA+=" --exclude ${HOME}/Documents/Dropbox"
+SRC="${HOME}"
+duplicity $DUPLICITY_ARGS $EXTRA $OPTS $RE $SRC $BACKUPDEST/home/
+
+SRC="${HOME}/Pictures/Aperture?Library.aplibrary"
+EXTRA=""
+EXTRA+=" --exclude $SRC/Thumbnails"
+EXTRA+=" --exclude $SRC/Previews"
+duplicity $DUPLICITY_ARGS $EXTRA $OPTS $RE $SRC $BACKUPDEST/aperture/
+
+EXTRA=""
+SRC="${HOME}/Documents/Dropbox"
+duplicity $DUPLICITY_ARGS $EXTRA $OPTS $RE $SRC $BACKUPDEST/dropbox/
+
+EXTRA="
+    --exclude-globbing-filelist
+    ${HOME}/.local/etc/duplicity.applications.exclude
+"
+SRC="/Applications"
+duplicity $DUPLICITY_ARGS $EXTRA $OPTS $RE $SRC $BACKUPDEST/apps/