On Apr 9, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Sean Carroll wrote:
> Why the different folders for each computer if TM is not equipped to keep
> track accordingly? Even though the backups from both OS's were all
> incorrectly lumped into the MiniLion folder (presumably because of my own
> little snafu), subfolde
You're wrong. When connected to a single volume, time machine uses
the entire volume.
The correct solution is erase and partition, so you have one volume
per backup. Just moving the folders won't alter the internal DB
structure Time MAchine uses to keep track of things.
Thank you. I hav
On Apr 8, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Sean Carroll wrote:
> Done right, it would appear that there should be no problem using the
> same external drive partition for Time Machine backup for 2 different
> Macs. Correct me if I'm wrong.
You're wrong. When connected to a single volume, time machine uses the
Done right, it would appear that there should be no problem using the
same external drive partition for Time Machine backup for 2 different
Macs. Correct me if I'm wrong.
My problem is that some backups are in the wrong folder. What I should
see in column view is:
TM Partition>Backup.backups.db>M
