Am I able to use both Carbonite and Time Machine as back-ups for my iMac?

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Am I able to use both Carbonite and Time Machine as back-ups for my iMac?

HI,

I have a iMac, and I have recently recently completed the initial back up for Carbonite. I also have a 2TB Seagate external hard drive that I would like to use with Time Machine. I am wondering if I am able to use both Carbonite and Time Machine simultaneously.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 11, 2011 9:45 PM

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bdmarsha

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Jan 11, 2011 10:10 PM in response to Trusty Lab

Welcome to the Discussions!

Yes, these two backup methods, Carbonite through the internet and Time Machine through a local disk should not interfere with each other.

bd

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Pondini

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Jan 12, 2011 7:49 AM in response to Trusty Lab

Hi, and welcome to the forums.

As bdmarsha says, yes, you can run both simultaneously.

But one caution; there are some reports here that some of the online backup apps keep some fairly large, frequently-changing files on your system. Time Machine will back them up along with everything else, which can take some extra time and space on your TM drive.

After your initial TM backup, see how large the incremental backups are (by watching the progress bar and info on the +Time Machine Preferences+ window). If those seem too large for the changes you've made since the previous backup, see #A2 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for a couple of apps that will show exactly what was backed-up.

If you find such things, you can exclude them from TM backups, per #10 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

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