Use external hard drive as time machine and external hard drive

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  1. Cubeeless, Aug 20, 2012

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    I have an external hard drive which I configured to use as an time machine backup device.

    Now I cannot use this hard drive as an external hard drive, it is only possible to make back ups. How can I use this hard drive for both?

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  2. MacDawg, Aug 20, 2012

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    I partitioned mine before starting Time Machine
    But I think you should still be able to use the same partition
     
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  3. stridemat, Aug 20, 2012

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    I use my Time Capsule as both a place for movie files and the back ups of my Mac without problems. What format is the external hard drive?
     
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  4. Irock619, Aug 20, 2012

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    I have a 500gb external drive. I partitioned 200gb just for TM. That leaves 300gb for what ever I need it for. I suggest doing a separate partition just for TM.
     
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  5. KevinC867, Aug 20, 2012

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    Correct. You can add additional directories to the volume and Time Machine will not step on them. It will merely reduce the space available for keeping old backups.
     
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