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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1647161"><p>You don't "need" two drives for backup. It's useful and handy to have both a Time Machine backup and a bootable clone backup (this is what I do). The reason a clone backup is handy is because it is bootable: you can boot from the external drive to do troubleshooting, or to keep working if you have to should the boot drive die suddenly and you have a project to finish before you can replace the drive. And other scenarios.</p><p></p><p>I actually have four externals to go with my 1TB internal drive: a 1TB clone drive (older), a 2TB Time Machine backup, a media drive (3TB) and a backup drive for the media drive (3TB).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1647161"] You don't "need" two drives for backup. It's useful and handy to have both a Time Machine backup and a bootable clone backup (this is what I do). The reason a clone backup is handy is because it is bootable: you can boot from the external drive to do troubleshooting, or to keep working if you have to should the boot drive die suddenly and you have a project to finish before you can replace the drive. And other scenarios. I actually have four externals to go with my 1TB internal drive: a 1TB clone drive (older), a 2TB Time Machine backup, a media drive (3TB) and a backup drive for the media drive (3TB). [/QUOTE]
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