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scottbushey

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Can someone tell me why my TM wants to backup all 3 of my external HD's? When I go into TM preferences, only one HD is denoted. I have erased the HD I want to use, did First aid and it still says 'not enough space'. The total of my 3 HD's is >than 4 TB. The HD I want to back up is my main HD and it has 300 GB on it. The HD I am using for my TMBU has 1 TB free.

Suggestions?

thanks in advance.
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[doublepost=1516585811][/doublepost]Solved.
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hfg

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Click on "Options" button in Time Machine Preferences and add (+) the external disks you DON'T want to backup to the "Excluded" list. Normally, external disks are excluded by default, unless specifically removed from the list by the user.
 
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