Hi Severin, Adding to Stuart's comments.
Time Machine will, by design, fill up all the space available to it, so there may be a conflict between the sparse bundle it puts your backups in, and the other data. There is a workaround, to "reserve" some space there, by creating a disk image of the desired size and storing your data there, but it's a bit cumbersome, and two Macs can't share it at the same time. Cheers, Ronni On 10/03/2010, at 6:32 AM, Stuart Evans wrote: > > 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]>
