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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1321075">TM doesn't make full backups each time. It makes a full backup the first time, then on subsequent backups only copies what has changed, and uses aliases (think "shortcuts") to hold the unchanged files in proper place for you to see when you open up each backup. So if you aren't making many changes, it can take a long time for a big drive to fill up with TM backups. I think your idea is a pretty good one, myself. I don't know how to transfer TM backups because TM tracks where it is and what it has done. Maybe somebody else here can help you with that.BTW, I'm a belts-and-suspenders man myself, so I use a portion of my external drive for a copy of my internal drive in addition to TM. I use Carbon Copy to clone about once a month.</blockquote>