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<blockquote data-quote="Cybernettr" data-source="post: 1842562" data-attributes="member: 403729"><p>Hi, I have a 2 TB HD Mac mini and a 3 TB Time Machine backup drive.</p><p></p><p>The strange thing is that the Time Machine backup will restore individual files, but not the whole computer -- even the Genius Bar guys at the Apple store were baffled by this.</p><p></p><p>Someone here suggested that I use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper to backup my Mac mini. My Mac mini's HD is getting full of videos as well.</p><p></p><p>I had an idea - convert the 3 TB backup drive to a videos drive, free up a lot of space on my Mac mini by transferring the videos to it, and back up both to an external backup drive. </p><p></p><p>So I bought a 10 TB WD Elements drive as my new backup drive. On the new backup, I want to have:</p><p></p><p>1. A Time Machine backup of the Mac mini</p><p>2. A 3rd-party backup of the Mac mini (in case I have to do a full restore)</p><p>3. A backup of my 3TB videos drive.</p><p></p><p>My question is: should I partition the drive? Anything else I should know? Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cybernettr, post: 1842562, member: 403729"] Hi, I have a 2 TB HD Mac mini and a 3 TB Time Machine backup drive. The strange thing is that the Time Machine backup will restore individual files, but not the whole computer -- even the Genius Bar guys at the Apple store were baffled by this. Someone here suggested that I use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper to backup my Mac mini. My Mac mini's HD is getting full of videos as well. I had an idea - convert the 3 TB backup drive to a videos drive, free up a lot of space on my Mac mini by transferring the videos to it, and back up both to an external backup drive. So I bought a 10 TB WD Elements drive as my new backup drive. On the new backup, I want to have: 1. A Time Machine backup of the Mac mini 2. A 3rd-party backup of the Mac mini (in case I have to do a full restore) 3. A backup of my 3TB videos drive. My question is: should I partition the drive? Anything else I should know? Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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