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<blockquote data-quote="avocadocity" data-source="post: 1582941" data-attributes="member: 325931"><p>I got a new MacBook Air (the first computer I've ever personally owned) a couple weeks ago and love it. I'm looking in to getting an external hard drive for backups via Time Machine. However, I also want to use the external hard drive (portable) for storage of files (mostly thousands of photos). I currently have these files stored on a five year old Seagate EHD. I need to have these photos backed up elsewhere. I don't want to put them on my MacBook (120 GB). </p><p></p><p>If I purchase an external hard drive, is it possible to use it both for regular backups and for storage? Would I need to create a partition? </p><p></p><p>Thanks for any advice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="avocadocity, post: 1582941, member: 325931"] I got a new MacBook Air (the first computer I've ever personally owned) a couple weeks ago and love it. I'm looking in to getting an external hard drive for backups via Time Machine. However, I also want to use the external hard drive (portable) for storage of files (mostly thousands of photos). I currently have these files stored on a five year old Seagate EHD. I need to have these photos backed up elsewhere. I don't want to put them on my MacBook (120 GB). If I purchase an external hard drive, is it possible to use it both for regular backups and for storage? Would I need to create a partition? Thanks for any advice! [/QUOTE]
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