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twoodcc

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Feb 3, 2005
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so i have a mac pro with 4 hard drives in it. does time machine automatically back up your boot drive, and you can choose to back up all the drives?

can i use more than one external for backup? cuz my 4 internal drives are like 2 TB i think

thanks in advance
 
Time machine will ask you what drive you want to backup on what external HD. You can put all 4 on one or have separate externals for each of your internals. I have a 500gb set up with Drive bay 1. I have a 250gb set up on Drive bay 4 (music). I will get another external either 500GB or 1TB for 2 and 3. Infact you can use one of your Internal Bays for Time machine. It will delete any info on it and set itself as a dedicated TM backup Drive.
 
Time machine will ask you what drive you want to backup on what external HD. You can put all 4 on one or have separate externals for each of your internals. I have a 500gb set up with Drive bay 1. I have a 250gb set up on Drive bay 4 (music). I will get another external either 500GB or 1TB for 2 and 3. Infact you can use one of your Internal Bays for Time machine. It will delete any info on it and set itself as a dedicated TM backup Drive.

thanks, that answers my question :)
 
Not that you have room for it, but I learned last night that if you add a 2nd Internal drive, Time Machine, by default, will automatically start backing it up to your external drive.

I know that doesn't answer your question, but it's already been answered. I was thinking that months from now, when someone was searching, they might find my answer helpful. :)
 
Not that you have room for it, but I learned last night that if you add a 2nd Internal drive, Time Machine, by default, will automatically start backing it up to your external drive.

I know that doesn't answer your question, but it's already been answered. I was thinking that months from now, when someone was searching, they might find my answer helpful. :)

but i have 4 internal drives? :confused:
 
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