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Can I back up two different macs to the same disk using time machine?

Can I back up two different macs to the same disk using time machine?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 7:21 AM

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Posted on Feb 9, 2022 10:16 AM

I don't know if you can, but I would not. It would only create confusion if you needed to do a restore. Instead, I recommend formatting external the disk into two separate partitions. Name them something like Backup 1 and Backup 2. Then direct each Time Machine to its own partition. Be sure that you get a large enough backup disk. Each partition should be two or three times as large as the HD it is backing up.

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Feb 9, 2022 10:16 AM in response to COkline

I don't know if you can, but I would not. It would only create confusion if you needed to do a restore. Instead, I recommend formatting external the disk into two separate partitions. Name them something like Backup 1 and Backup 2. Then direct each Time Machine to its own partition. Be sure that you get a large enough backup disk. Each partition should be two or three times as large as the HD it is backing up.

Can I back up two different macs to the same disk using time machine?

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