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seppevs

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Oct 3, 2009
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Hi,

I have a question regarding Time Machine and backing up to multiple external HDD's.

I want to keep HDD #1 at home, and HDD #2 at my parents house. I plan to back up to HDD #1 at least 1 time a week, and to HDD #2 a few times a month (when I'm visiting my parents).

Is this possible? Can I back up with Time Machine to multiple HDD's?

EDIT: Found the answer on http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090603163307642
Backing up to multiple external HDD's seems to work just fine. And maybe it's a good idea to just swap the disks when I'm visiting my parents + doing a new backup afterwards. Or not? Any remarks on this strategy? I want to have a cheap and good plan to back up my data. I already have one WD Passport 500G drive (2.5 inch external hdd) and I'm planning to buy another one (maybe a 1GB version now).
 
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