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Can I back up an external drive TO Time machine?
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1871192" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>@<a href="https://www.mac-forums.com/members/nelix.401651/" target="_blank">nelix</a> Please clarify something for me: Are you trying to make a Time Machine backup and put that and your files on the same external drive? If that's what you're trying to do, I'd advise against it. IMHO that defeats the purpose of a backup. If the external drive fails, you could lose your primary files and the backup simultaneously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1871192, member: 131855"] @[URL='https://www.mac-forums.com/members/nelix.401651/']nelix[/URL] Please clarify something for me: Are you trying to make a Time Machine backup and put that and your files on the same external drive? If that's what you're trying to do, I'd advise against it. IMHO that defeats the purpose of a backup. If the external drive fails, you could lose your primary files and the backup simultaneously. [/QUOTE]
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