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Partitioned internal hard drive backup

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My iMac's internal hard drive is partitioned. How do I setup time machine backup for both these. I do not see my "DATA" drive in the excluded list (only the external hard drives). Please help

Posted on Dec 6, 2021 11:39 PM

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What version OS? Depending on OS, If you're seeing Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD - Data in Disk Utilities that's correct. TimeMachine will get both "partitions" as the - Data one is your user data that is segregated by design from your operating system to limit access to the system.



In the above example, I renamed the drive for identity purposes, but this is the correct configuration.

Posted on Dec 7, 2021 5:03 AM

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Dec 7, 2021 5:03 AM in response to riette128

What version OS? Depending on OS, If you're seeing Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD - Data in Disk Utilities that's correct. TimeMachine will get both "partitions" as the - Data one is your user data that is segregated by design from your operating system to limit access to the system.



In the above example, I renamed the drive for identity purposes, but this is the correct configuration.

Partitioned internal hard drive backup

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