Can TimeMachine back up an external HDD?

[Architect4122]

I'm thinking of purchasing a 1TB and a 500GB G-Technology hard drive.

The G-Drive Q's. I'll use FW800. I love the fanless design.

I will piggy back them, so they will both always be on when plugged in. I want to store photos on the 500GB and reference them in Aperture. I want the 1TB drive for TimeMachine. Can TimeMachine backup my laptop (MBP) and the external Aperture drive to the 1TB?

I would assume so. But I haven't played with it, so I'm not sure.

Thanks

 

[kalex]

It can, by default it will put your external disk into Do not backup list.

so once you remove it from the list, it will back it up.

 

[Eddyisgreat]

You may want to look into Super Duper also. I've seen some people devise solutions that incorporate both Super Duper and Time Machine but I find the features of SD offer that of an end to end backup solution.

 

[Architect4122]

Thanks!

I'll check out and see what Super Duper can do.

I'm just disappointed how rare FW800 is on some of the devices I really want. And when I do find them on something, they have this huge fan on them....I just know it'll hum me crazy.