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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1529307"><p>A "clone" of a hard drive is different than a backup. Broadly speaking, a backup copies over all your visible files, and can be limited to just the items you choose.</p><p></p><p>A clone is a bit-for-bit exact digital mirror of *everything* on your hard drive, including invisible files and so on, and should be bootable as though it were the boot drive.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These days, essentially the same. FW is faster than USB 1.1 or USB 2, but not as fast as USB 3. Thunderbolt is faster than anything, but overkill for most users.</p><p></p><p>As for partitioning your drive, you then have to answer this question: how are you going to back up the stuff on the non-Time Machine partition? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I've seen up to 4TB (that's 4,000GB) drives on sale for less than $200 these days, so prices are just crazy cheap. I like to buy from Costco but you can find great deals from Amazon, Newegg, OWC and other online dealers as well.</p><p></p><p>The recommendation is to give Time Machine around twice as much (or more if you like) space as is on your boot drive. What you do with the rest of the drive is up to you, but remember that TM only backs up stuff on the boot drive; nothing else.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everyone has a bit of a different workflow so my suggestion was just that -- a suggestion. What works best for you and accomplishes the goal of decluttering the desktop is fine, even if it's not exactly what I would do. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1529307"] A "clone" of a hard drive is different than a backup. Broadly speaking, a backup copies over all your visible files, and can be limited to just the items you choose. A clone is a bit-for-bit exact digital mirror of *everything* on your hard drive, including invisible files and so on, and should be bootable as though it were the boot drive. These days, essentially the same. FW is faster than USB 1.1 or USB 2, but not as fast as USB 3. Thunderbolt is faster than anything, but overkill for most users. As for partitioning your drive, you then have to answer this question: how are you going to back up the stuff on the non-Time Machine partition? :) I've seen up to 4TB (that's 4,000GB) drives on sale for less than $200 these days, so prices are just crazy cheap. I like to buy from Costco but you can find great deals from Amazon, Newegg, OWC and other online dealers as well. The recommendation is to give Time Machine around twice as much (or more if you like) space as is on your boot drive. What you do with the rest of the drive is up to you, but remember that TM only backs up stuff on the boot drive; nothing else. Everyone has a bit of a different workflow so my suggestion was just that -- a suggestion. What works best for you and accomplishes the goal of decluttering the desktop is fine, even if it's not exactly what I would do. :) [/QUOTE]
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