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Can I back up multiple drives ?
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<blockquote data-quote="hempomatic" data-source="post: 1932515" data-attributes="member: 335450"><p><em>No, Spotlight cannot be turned off, but I don't think it is the culprit. </em></p><p></p><p>I didn't think it could, but my fingers were crossed.<em><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging :person_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f937.png" data-shortname=":person_shrugging:" /></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I just looked at my own system and I see two processes that I suspect are associated with Photos--photoanalysisd and photolibraryd. Those are probably not the only ones, either, but those two are very likely to be holding up the drive, if I wanted to eject it. </em></p><p></p><p>LOL, of course. Something I have no want or need for putting the kibosh on the simplest of tasks. sigh</p><p></p><p><em>I don't know what to suggest for you, other than the advice you alread found, which is to keep the drive with the library attached.</em></p><p></p><p>Well ......that won't work for obvious reasons. A drive flopping in the breeze putting constant pressure on the USB port doesn't seem like the best idea for the drive port, drive or cable. </p><p></p><p>I guess that limiting the use of the drive and shutting down the computer after quitting Photos on the remote drive is the best route, assuming of course that doesn't interfere with the integrity of the files. I should probably turn the computer off more frequently than I do anyway. I'm not going to question the logic of that set-up, after all, Apple is better at building and designing computers than I am at trying to figure them out. Sometimes though, I just wish there was a simple no frills computer with a limited number of applications that troglodytes like myself could figure out. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again Jake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hempomatic, post: 1932515, member: 335450"] [I]No, Spotlight cannot be turned off, but I don't think it is the culprit. [/I] I didn't think it could, but my fingers were crossed.[I]🤷 I just looked at my own system and I see two processes that I suspect are associated with Photos--photoanalysisd and photolibraryd. Those are probably not the only ones, either, but those two are very likely to be holding up the drive, if I wanted to eject it. [/I] LOL, of course. Something I have no want or need for putting the kibosh on the simplest of tasks. sigh [I]I don't know what to suggest for you, other than the advice you alread found, which is to keep the drive with the library attached.[/I] Well ......that won't work for obvious reasons. A drive flopping in the breeze putting constant pressure on the USB port doesn't seem like the best idea for the drive port, drive or cable. I guess that limiting the use of the drive and shutting down the computer after quitting Photos on the remote drive is the best route, assuming of course that doesn't interfere with the integrity of the files. I should probably turn the computer off more frequently than I do anyway. I'm not going to question the logic of that set-up, after all, Apple is better at building and designing computers than I am at trying to figure them out. Sometimes though, I just wish there was a simple no frills computer with a limited number of applications that troglodytes like myself could figure out. Thanks again Jake. [/QUOTE]
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