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ematech Author

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Time Machine Multiple Macs One External Drive

Before Monterey I used to be able to backup multiple macs to the same external HDD. TM would create a folder for each mac and place the backups there. I cannot seem to do this with Monterey. Each computer wants to format the disk or claim the backups for it's own. Am I missing something?

Please don't preach to me about multiple backups on the same disk. I don't need any lessons on backup best practices, let alone be forced into one. I am just looking for a solution to macOS behavior I was accustomed to.

Posted on Mar 2, 2022 9:39 AM

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ematech Author

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Posted on Mar 3, 2022 7:57 AM

Thank you for the response. A network share scenario is not effective as the computers are not on the same network. Even if they were, the initial backup would be time and bandwidth intensive. The multiple partition idea seems to be a good one. The manual creation of TM volumes seems to be the best option. I will try that.

I've been using Apple products since 1981. I grow increasingly frustrated with (seemingly) arbitrary changes like this.

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