Time Machine Partition Shown on Desktop?

[oneinten]

Hello,

I formatted my 500gb HDD into two partitions. One is the size of my SSD boot drive (120GB) and I've used time machine to back up my boot drive.. but the time machine partition I have named "Time Machine Backup" is still displayed in the finder window and also on the desktop.

I thought when a partition is used for time machine it isn't meant to appear as useable storage?

If it's normall for the time machine partition to show up in finder/on the desktop, how can I hide it?

 

[Gav2k]

Hello,

I formatted my 500gb HDD into two partitions. One is the size of my SSD boot drive (120GB) and I've used time machine to back up my boot drive.. but the time machine partition I have named "Time Machine Backup" is still displayed in the finder window and also on the desktop.

I thought when a partition is used for time machine it isn't meant to appear as useable storage?

If it's normall for the time machine partition to show up in finder/on the desktop, how can I hide it?

It's normal to be visable giving you access to your backups.

 

[benwiggy]

I formatted my 500gb HDD into two partitions. One is the size of my SSD boot drive (120GB) and I've used time machine to back up my boot drive.. but the time machine partition I have named "Time Machine Backup" is still displayed in the finder window and also on the desktop.

1. Yes, TM volumes are normally shown in the Finder.

2. You can stop ALL external disks from appearing on the Desktop, if you want, in Finder Preferences.

3. Am I right in thinking one partition is a clone of your SSD, and the other partition is a TM backup, also of the SSD?

 

[stiligFox]

Oops, misread