Can you use one My Passport device to back up two computers?

Can you use one My Passport device to back up two computers?


MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Apr 18, 2022 7:05 AM

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Posted on Apr 18, 2022 8:27 AM

It's possible, but a bad idea. You basically have all your eggs in one basket; drives fail, not partitions. If you lose the drive you lose both machine's backups.


As cheap as HDDs have gotten, security is enhanced by having at least one external drive dedicated to each computer.

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