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<blockquote data-quote="mingteck" data-source="post: 1485692" data-attributes="member: 254115"><p>Dear mrplow,</p><p></p><p>Thank you for the most useful reply so far. I found out that Time Machine does the same backup on both external drives (I only want the media and document folders in the second drive but complete backup on the first). I tried CCC but it gave me an error message (which I forgot to copy down before closing - it didn't seem important, about some exe file which I am not interested in). When I compared the two directories, they're almost the same (356.25 GB in the original and 365.31 in the destination). As long as the media and document files are OK, I don't mind that some stray files and links that I don't use are broken along the way. The problem is that I chuck so many things into the drive that there must be loads of files I don't really need but cannot be bothered to check and delete. Also, I notice that when I copy one file to another destination, additional bytes are added to the file. I assume that's alright. I'll use DiffMerge to compare the two directories to see if they correspond (at least the main ones).</p><p></p><p>So, it does appear that I have backed up the master directory I wanted. Or have I? I'm now thinking of using another application like DiffMerge (from SourceGear, I believe a reasonably trusted source) to pick up future updates.</p><p></p><p>So far, I haven't had any files larger than 2GB, let alone 4GB. My drives at home have problems with 2GB so it doesn't look like I'll be needing NTFS anytime soon, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p><p></p><p>So a final question to round up:</p><p>Ideally, I want to back up to two drives in different ways. One, a full backup using Time Machine and the second one, just my documents and media files. I still haven't found a satisfactory way to do this easily. Currently, I backed up the second drive using CCC and plan to use DiffMerge to help me manually update the second drive each time. Any better solutions?</p><p></p><p>Many thanks everyone for all your help. You're awesome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mingteck, post: 1485692, member: 254115"] Dear mrplow, Thank you for the most useful reply so far. I found out that Time Machine does the same backup on both external drives (I only want the media and document folders in the second drive but complete backup on the first). I tried CCC but it gave me an error message (which I forgot to copy down before closing - it didn't seem important, about some exe file which I am not interested in). When I compared the two directories, they're almost the same (356.25 GB in the original and 365.31 in the destination). As long as the media and document files are OK, I don't mind that some stray files and links that I don't use are broken along the way. The problem is that I chuck so many things into the drive that there must be loads of files I don't really need but cannot be bothered to check and delete. Also, I notice that when I copy one file to another destination, additional bytes are added to the file. I assume that's alright. I'll use DiffMerge to compare the two directories to see if they correspond (at least the main ones). So, it does appear that I have backed up the master directory I wanted. Or have I? I'm now thinking of using another application like DiffMerge (from SourceGear, I believe a reasonably trusted source) to pick up future updates. So far, I haven't had any files larger than 2GB, let alone 4GB. My drives at home have problems with 2GB so it doesn't look like I'll be needing NTFS anytime soon, :). So a final question to round up: Ideally, I want to back up to two drives in different ways. One, a full backup using Time Machine and the second one, just my documents and media files. I still haven't found a satisfactory way to do this easily. Currently, I backed up the second drive using CCC and plan to use DiffMerge to help me manually update the second drive each time. Any better solutions? Many thanks everyone for all your help. You're awesome. [/QUOTE]
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