Hi there, I wonder if anyone can help me. Sorry if I don't explain this very well...
I have a portable TM drive that I use to back up my main Mac. What I'd like to be able to do is plug this portable TM drive into my laptop at home and have its TM (a larger desktop drive) back up my laptop as well as the portable TM drive (as if it was just another external drive attached to my laptop). When I try this, although I have removed the portable TM drive from the exclude list, it won't back it up. I assume it's because my laptop sees the portable TM as a TM backup (even though it's not for the Mac its attached too) and excludes it anyway. Does anyone know if there is a way around this so I can have my home laptop back itself up as well as the attached TM drive?
I'm preparing myself for a 'this cannot be done, you need to think of another solution' type reply but I thought I'd ask in case there was something that could be done in Terminal etc.
Thanks for reading all of that (if you did) and thanks for any help you can give
J
I have a portable TM drive that I use to back up my main Mac. What I'd like to be able to do is plug this portable TM drive into my laptop at home and have its TM (a larger desktop drive) back up my laptop as well as the portable TM drive (as if it was just another external drive attached to my laptop). When I try this, although I have removed the portable TM drive from the exclude list, it won't back it up. I assume it's because my laptop sees the portable TM as a TM backup (even though it's not for the Mac its attached too) and excludes it anyway. Does anyone know if there is a way around this so I can have my home laptop back itself up as well as the attached TM drive?
I'm preparing myself for a 'this cannot be done, you need to think of another solution' type reply but I thought I'd ask in case there was something that could be done in Terminal etc.
Thanks for reading all of that (if you did) and thanks for any help you can give
J