Nervous About Deleting Backed Up Files
i just sucessfully backed my macbook up on an external hard drive. I did this to make space, but now I'm nervous to delete the files. is there any reason for me not to delete the files on my MacBook?
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Did you move the files to make free space on your MacBook Air or so that you would have a backup if something happened to the original? If the first then delete, if the second when you delete the original you no longer have a backup, you only have a copy of the original. If something happens to that file or drive it's gone....no backup. Moving files to free up space is not a backup.
If you need to move files in order to create free space you should move those onto a separate drive which should also be backed up! A backup wether it be with Time Machine or cloning software like Carbon Copy Cloner is a copy of what you still have on the drive.