2 different Time Machine set ups on one external drive? How to keep both and run correctly.
Hey everyone!
I hope you're doing well. I'm having a scary moment with Time Machine but more likely with my External Drive.
My situation is that I'm worried about to lose my one and only Time Machine Back up.
I re-set up my macOS M1 Pro 2021 (Version 12.6.5).
I reunited my 3 separated partition (1. OS (Data F & E), 2. Data & Files, 3. Projects & Caches)
into one partition (=erased it) because I thought it would perform faster and cleaner
if I separate those main sections this way.
My first Time Machine now has 3 partitions as you can see here:
I restored "Data (F & E)" only and drag and dropped the other two into my new Macintosh HD now.
The whole goal is now to make a second back up. But the issue now is that I'm greatly confused and scared
about my external drive- scared to accidentally remove the only back up I have.
Now here's the real deal:
Can I run Time Machine on a second partition on my Ext. Drive without overwriting my one & only original back up?
Or without accidentally over erasing all the other partitions?
Here's are screenshots for better understanding:
That how I always see it:
When I fold "Container disk5" in it looks like this:
Now in my mind it does look like 3 individual partition I can erase how ever I want for example here:
But when I back up on "MacOS" the Format will change from:
Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to APFS (Case-sensitive) automatically by Time Machine.
Is there a way to secure my only back up somewhere else just in case?
I couldn't find any other videos as well that would calm me down more.
I'm thankful already for your time, hopefully I hear back from you.
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.6