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Will Time Machine Erase All Files On My Portable Hard Drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1532932" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>No. Definitely do not delete the files you backed up with Time Machine. If you just copied those files to the external disk without using Time Machine, then it should be OK to remove them from your internal hard drive. But make sure the files are OK first. Many programs can not be moved to an external drive without reinstalling so be careful!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Time Machine will only backup and write was has changed and will append it to the original backup. Each time it does that it creates a time - date stamped backup. Make sure you completely understand how Time Machine works. Do some googling and reading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1532932, member: 46727"] No. Definitely do not delete the files you backed up with Time Machine. If you just copied those files to the external disk without using Time Machine, then it should be OK to remove them from your internal hard drive. But make sure the files are OK first. Many programs can not be moved to an external drive without reinstalling so be careful! Time Machine will only backup and write was has changed and will append it to the original backup. Each time it does that it creates a time - date stamped backup. Make sure you completely understand how Time Machine works. Do some googling and reading. [/QUOTE]
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