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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1941157" data-attributes="member: 83420">[USER=214058]@poppi[/USER] Your statement worries me.&nbsp; Apple has repeatedly said that Time Machine backups should be allocated an individual External Hard Drive (EHD); not shared with something else.The reason is simple.&nbsp; If one EHD fails, then you lose what's on it.&nbsp; If it's TM, that's not serious as you can get another EHD and use that for Time Machine.BUT:&nbsp; if your 4TB EHD fails, then you not only lose your Time Machine (no big deal as explained above) but also all your photos. That's a possible catastrophe.My advice:&nbsp; have one EHD for your Time Machine and another for your photos.&nbsp; I'm assuming that you don't keep all your photos on that EHD; but use the EHD as a backup for your photos?&nbsp; But if your only storage of photos is on that, or any other EHD, that's taking a huge risk.Ian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1941157, member: 83420"] [USER=214058]@poppi[/USER] Your statement worries me. Apple has repeatedly said that Time Machine backups should be allocated an individual External Hard Drive (EHD); not shared with something else. The reason is simple. If one EHD fails, then you lose what's on it. If it's TM, that's not serious as you can get another EHD and use that for Time Machine. BUT: if your 4TB EHD fails, then you not only lose your Time Machine (no big deal as explained above) but also all your photos. That's a possible catastrophe. My advice: have one EHD for your Time Machine and another for your photos. I'm assuming that you don't keep[B] all[/B] your photos on that EHD; but use the EHD as a backup for your photos? But if your [B]only [/B]storage of photos is on that, or any other EHD, that's taking a huge risk. Ian [/QUOTE]

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