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luphane Author

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just installed new hard drive

how can I tell if the external hard drive is backing up contents?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 25, 2021 1:30 PM

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Old Toad

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Posted on Jul 25, 2021 4:34 PM

Enter Time Machine and look for a file that was added after the drive was installed. As easy way would be to create one on the Desktop, wait for a couple of backups to be made ;and then check.

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