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Time Machine Question using a flash drive

I placed flash drive, 32GB into one of two usb slots in back of Studi M1 Max. Selected flash drive on desktop. TM began automatically as I had no other commands to tap. When done up pops a warning, "Drive is almost full?


Opened CleanMyMac X. The install appeared to finish. showing a list of other backups.


At this point can I delete not just the one I've checked, but all of them? Excluding of course the most recent one which is the top one 22-05-02 and still have a full backup? Otherwise I'd end up with a ton of flash drives or extra external hard drives which I don't want


I haven't used a Mac since the mid 80's so this is all new to me

Posted on May 2, 2022 5:44 AM

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User profile for user: dialabrain
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Posted on May 2, 2022 5:49 AM

FWIW, you don't want to use a USB flash drive for Time Machine. For one thing, the drive should be 2-3 times the size of your internal drive. For another, flash drives are slow and not always reliable.

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