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How to use Time Machine with external HDD & large files
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<blockquote data-quote="greengoddess" data-source="post: 1324546" data-attributes="member: 222782"><p>Hi, thank you. I don't think I have made myself clear enough, sorry.</p><p></p><p>I have 2 external drives. One is brand new and is being used for Time Machine. The other drive used to be connected to my Windows PC and is currently formatted as NTFS. I do not intend to use that drive on a PC again so I am not worried about reformatting it, I just didn't want to do so unnecessarily.</p><p></p><p>So, if I understand correctly... I need to:</p><p></p><p>1. Copy all data from the NTFS drive to another drive temporarily.</p><p>2. Reformat the NTFS drive so that it becomes HFS Extended Journaled.</p><p>3. Copy my original data back to the drive.</p><p></p><p>If I do that will Time Machine then be able to back up data from that drive as normal?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greengoddess, post: 1324546, member: 222782"] Hi, thank you. I don't think I have made myself clear enough, sorry. I have 2 external drives. One is brand new and is being used for Time Machine. The other drive used to be connected to my Windows PC and is currently formatted as NTFS. I do not intend to use that drive on a PC again so I am not worried about reformatting it, I just didn't want to do so unnecessarily. So, if I understand correctly... I need to: 1. Copy all data from the NTFS drive to another drive temporarily. 2. Reformat the NTFS drive so that it becomes HFS Extended Journaled. 3. Copy my original data back to the drive. If I do that will Time Machine then be able to back up data from that drive as normal? [/QUOTE]
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