How would you set it up to only do downloaded apps and data?
Edit: I ran a filter to only display User apps and did a back up that way! Was this correct?
The reason I'm concerned is I too used TB to restore all user apps and system data. After which my home button and search button's didn't work.
Gonna try this and report back!
you have 2 options to make a backup of just your downloaded apps. One of which you already figured out and commented on. IE going into Filter and selecting User under "Filter type" By doing so and then making a backup you only backed up all the downloaded or manually installed apps.
the other options is this. And it is the way I do it seeing as I don't want Ti dong scheduled backups. I manually make a backup myself before flashing a ROM so i know it is current. And to restore that backup you will do the same thing. So here goes, once in Ti click the menu button and then select Batch. a long list will pop up that gives you all kinds of options. From there the 3rd item on the list is "Backup all user apps", click run and a list of all your stuff will pop up. you can check or uncheck anything you wish. once you have everything selected click the Run batch operation in the upper right corner and let it do its thing. Now to restore after a flash, go back into Ti and press menu> Batch scroll down to the RESTORE section and the first item will be " Restore missing apps with data" which is what you want. From there you can pick and choose what apps to restore and will be good to go.