INSTALLING INTO EXTERNAL HDD AND EXTERNAL TM

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Mitaka27 Author

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INSTALLING INTO EXTERNAL HDD AND EXTERNAL TM

have a 2019 MacBook Pro (16-inch) running macOS Big Sur

Processer 2.3 ghz 8-Core intel Core i9

Memory 16 GB 26667 MHz DDR4

Startup Disk Macintosh HD

Graphics AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB

Storage 342.89 GB available of 1TB

(After deleting currently not used software, etc.)

TIME MACHINE 527.84 GB available of 6TB

I have purged the 1TB Startup Disk several times and can not add any further storage due to the soldered HDD. So, I am thinking of purchasing a second 10TB HDD and installing new software into that drive (10GB). The only problem is how does that affect the TIME MACHINE backups? Could I purchase another 10TB HDD and partition that as a TIME MACHINE and have software installed on the second 10TB HDD into that TM?

I hope that I am making sense. If not, can you suggest how I could achieve this, please?

Thank you.

Sabina

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jul 5, 2022 12:13 AM

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Answer 1

Owl-53

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Jul 5, 2022 07:19 AM in response to Mitaka27

If the user ( you ) plan to install the Entire Operations System ( Big Sir ) to an external Drive it is suggest the Dedicate that External Drive to that One and Only One purpose.

Partitioning the External Drive with the intent to use the Second Partition for The Machine Backup purposes is not a wise move.

External Drive do fail and then both the Operating System and all the TM Backups are lost.

Further, TM BAckup in Big Sur likes to that Total Control the the Entire Drive.

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Mitaka27 Author

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Jul 5, 2022 12:09 PM in response to Owl-53

Thank you. Looks like I had better stick to what I have to stay on the safe side.

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Answer 3

Owl-53

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Jul 5, 2022 02:21 PM in response to Mitaka27

Welcome

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