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store other files on the time machine external drive

Is it possible to store other (i.e. my own) files on the time machine external drive

iMac Pro

Posted on Aug 1, 2020 5:20 AM

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Aug 1, 2020 7:18 AM in response to henriAJ53

This has been asked before and overall it's a pretty poor idea, why? Simple, all HD's eventually die and many with no prior notice. If you executed this idea, then not only would you lose those files you would lose their backup too. Because External HD's are relatively inexpensive, if you have overflow files you want to store simply store them on another external HD.

store other files on the time machine external drive

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