I am using an external hard drive using the Time Machine for my backups. Can I also plug in a thumb drive ( at the same time) and copy just my photos or do I need to disconnect the external hard drive first?
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.14
You can use the flash drives while Time Machine is backing up. You just need an available port for the flash drive. However, you shouldn't copy your photos to the Time Machine backup drive.
You can use the flash drives while Time Machine is backing up. You just need an available port for the flash drive. However, you shouldn't copy your photos to the Time Machine backup drive.
Cathyjk67 wrote:
I am using an external hard drive using the Time Machine for my backups.
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Can I also plug in a thumb drive ( at the same time) and copy just my photos or do I need to disconnect the external hard drive first?
They are not really related.
That is to stay, they are independent tasks and one will not interfere with the other.
You can have as many tasks as you like reading your photos.
Are you saying I should NEVER backup my photos to the Time Machine OR that I just shouldn’t backup my photos to the Time Machine while backing up the photos to a thumb drive ? Can I just disconnect the external hard drive ( Time Machine) while I backup pictures to my thumb drive.
No. I'm saying don't backup the thumb drives. If you leave the photos on the computer, then they will be backed up to your Time Machine backup drive.
Time machine backups and thumb drives
