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hi there,
i am having iMac with 1tb internal disk, a 5tb seagate backup plus and a 3TB time machine.
i have huge libraries of fcpx data and photos which the 1tb internal disk cannot handle. so i moved the fcpx library to an external 5tb disk and do the editing from there. i also have around 1.5tb other than fcpx data. so in all, the mac internal disk cannot contain so much data.
the time machine backs up the mac and fcpx backup package but not the external disk.
have a few questions:
1) if i have the external disk formatted for macOS sierra, will the time machine back it up also? if yes, can that external disk be used on windows also?
2) should i backup the external disk data to another external disk using a third party backup solution like ccc or do a raid-1 mirror? i would prefer a backup to avoid a possibility of corrupted data being copied across both disks and also getting versions of the data.
can someone throw some light on how should i manage the backups?
with HIS blessings,
p.s:: TM is not backing up the external disk. in fact, it has put it in the exclude list by default and deactivated it so that it can't be removed. am attaching the screenshot of the same. called up apple support and they said time machine cannot backup external disk data to time capsule. am i missing something or is it because the external disk is using NTFS paragon format from seagate (the disk is a backup plus slim seagate model) on mac.
i am having iMac with 1tb internal disk, a 5tb seagate backup plus and a 3TB time machine.
i have huge libraries of fcpx data and photos which the 1tb internal disk cannot handle. so i moved the fcpx library to an external 5tb disk and do the editing from there. i also have around 1.5tb other than fcpx data. so in all, the mac internal disk cannot contain so much data.
the time machine backs up the mac and fcpx backup package but not the external disk.
have a few questions:
1) if i have the external disk formatted for macOS sierra, will the time machine back it up also? if yes, can that external disk be used on windows also?
2) should i backup the external disk data to another external disk using a third party backup solution like ccc or do a raid-1 mirror? i would prefer a backup to avoid a possibility of corrupted data being copied across both disks and also getting versions of the data.
can someone throw some light on how should i manage the backups?
with HIS blessings,
p.s:: TM is not backing up the external disk. in fact, it has put it in the exclude list by default and deactivated it so that it can't be removed. am attaching the screenshot of the same. called up apple support and they said time machine cannot backup external disk data to time capsule. am i missing something or is it because the external disk is using NTFS paragon format from seagate (the disk is a backup plus slim seagate model) on mac.