Can you the same external HDD for backup and storing other data?
Hello!
I intend to buy an external HDD for backing up my data on my mac with time machine, but I was wondering if I could store other data on it as well.
MacBook Pro Retina
Yes, you can as long as you don't save your data in Time Machine's folder Backups.backupdb. You can either save in a folder next to Backups.backupdb or in a different partition.
Keep in mind that Time Machine will grow backup after backup, so maybe saving your data in a different partition is a more logical choice.
Another thing to consider is that if you read/write your data alongside a Time Machine running process the HDD will be more "stressed" (two concurrent tasks).
