Q: Backing up macbook pro
Hi, I currently have an iMac backing up using time machine to a lacie 1TB drive. How can i partition this to also use the drive to back a macbook pro?
Cheers
Darren
MacBook Pro with Retina display
Posted on Aug 2, 2016 2:06 AM
as lllaass says, you can use the same drive, unmodified, for Backing up multiple Macs. Just attach to the second Mac, in turn, and tell Time Machine on the second Mac to use the drive you attached. It will place the additional backups alongside the ones from your first computer, without raving anything or re-initializing.
The issues you will eventually encounter will be when the drive gets full. Time Machine will halt and put up a message that, to proceed, Time Machine will need to make room by selectively deleting the oldest Backups. You can check a box that says, "Don't bother me with this again" and it will proceed, do its thing and never bother you again. Or you can manually prune (one backup at a time) of your choosing.
Posted on Aug 2, 2016 8:05 AM