Hi Severin, Time Machine will create a folder named backups.backupdb if you have the drive connected directly. You can create another folder and store files in there without affecting time machine, other than having less disk space which won't be a problem until it is full.
Cheers, Stuart Stuart Evans T4 Technology ALBANY Shop 6, 69 Lockyer Avenue, Albany, WA, 6330 T> 08 9842 9660 F> 08 9842 9664 E> [email protected] BUNBURY Unit 2/14 Rose Street, Bunbury, WA, 6230 T> 08 9721 9660 F> 08 9842 9664 P PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE YOU PRINT THIS E-MAIL On 9/03/10 10:46 PM, "Severin Crisp" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a disk assigned as Time Machine disk (no partitions) and in use > by Time Machine with accumulated backups. I wish to use some of the > spare space on the disk for storing other files. Are there potential > problems? > 1. Will Time Machine recognise the other material or regard the whole > disk as its province and overwrite it? > 2. Will there be a problem if Time Machine is actively backing up and > I write new material at the same time? > 3. I realise that 2. may not be a problem if I turn off Time Machine > while copying other material. > 4. For a variety of reasons I do not want to partition the drive. > Thoughts comments and experiences welcomed! > Severin Crisp > ________________________________________________________ > Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. > Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > email mailto:[email protected] > ________________________________________________________ > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
