can Time Machine also back up information from an external drive

my iPhoto file is way to big for the internal hard drive so I have a new external drive holding the file

how do I direct my Time Machine to add that device to include it in the back up?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Nov 9, 2023 05:32 AM

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Niel

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Nov 9, 2023 06:05 AM in response to scooter 4 travel

Open the Time Machine pane of System Preferences, click on Options, and remove it from the exclusion list. Volumes in some formats, such as FAT32, can't be backed up by it.

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Nov 9, 2023 11:33 AM in response to Niel

thank you, really easy once I read what you wrote.

nervous to lose all those dang photos.

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