diff --git a/.config/emborg/macos b/.config/emborg/macos
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d32bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/emborg/macos
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#src_dirs = '~'.split()   # absolute path to directory to be backed up
+src_dirs = '''
+  ~
+'''.split()
+
+excludes = '''
+    ~/tmp
+    ~/Library/Application Support/Steam
+    ~/Library/Application Support/Google
+    ~/Library/Application Support/LogMeInInc
+    ~/Library/Application Support/Code
+    ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox
+    ~/Library/Containers
+    ~/Library/Group Containers
+    ~/Library/Logs
+    ~/Library/Python
+    ~/Library/Caches
+    ~/.cache
+    ~/.mozilla
+    ~/.config/google-chrome
+    ~/.config/BraveSoftware
+    ~/**/__pycache__
+    ~/**/*.pyc
+    ~/**/.*.swp
+    ~/**/.*.swo
+'''.split()
+
diff --git a/.config/emborg/settings##o.Darwin b/.config/emborg/settings##o.Darwin
index bf48c4f..d530c77 100644
--- a/.config/emborg/settings##o.Darwin
+++ b/.config/emborg/settings##o.Darwin
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # These settings are common to all configurations
 
 # configurations
-configurations = 'home'
-default_configuration = 'home'
+configurations = 'macos'
+default_configuration = 'macos'
 
 # passcode
 # specify either passphrase or avendesora_account