2 Mac's - 1 backup drive
Just bought Super Duper a while back and have had remarkable success. Nothing easier or more intuitive.
I just bought an iMac in addition to my MacBook Pro and have a 300 gig Maxtor One Touch. The laptop is backed up routinely. How can I back up my iMac on the same backupdrive? I have plenty of space left to back up the new computer. Is it possible? Seems like Super Duper always wants to replace everything. John |
You should partition the destination drive into two volumes: one for each source Mac. Then, direct each source drive to its corresponding destination.
Make sense? |
I had planned on partioning as a last resort. I won't shell out $45 for a non destructive utility when I can do it for free by blasting the drive, splitting it and doing two backups.
I do hate to kill a perfectly good up to date backup. Thanks, I figured I'd have to go this route. Not tonight. For the next rainy day. Anyway there is nothing on the new iMac that isn't on the laptop. John |
The other way is to store two backups in images on the same partition, but you'd still need to get rid of the existing backup, so I don't think it'll help.
Of course, you can also get a 2nd drive for the other Mac. They're pretty cheap these days... $100 or so for a 300GB drive... |
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