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How do I backup an external, bootable, ssd drive using time machine? I cannot tell if I am backing up the internal HDD or the bootable external SDD. Thanks in advance.

How do I backup an external, bootable, ssd drive using time machine? I cannot tell if I am backing up the internal HDD or the bootable external SDD. Thanks in advance.


Posted on Apr 4, 2023 8:41 AM

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Posted on Apr 4, 2023 3:55 PM

If you open the TM drive and look at what's on there you'll see each of the drives that are being backed up by Time Machine:



If you find your external drive is not being backed up add it to the exclusion section of the System/Time Machine/Options settings pane and then remove it and start a new backup.



But you shouldn't have to to that. It should automatically be backed up.


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Apr 4, 2023 3:55 PM in response to jcinnb

If you open the TM drive and look at what's on there you'll see each of the drives that are being backed up by Time Machine:



If you find your external drive is not being backed up add it to the exclusion section of the System/Time Machine/Options settings pane and then remove it and start a new backup.



But you shouldn't have to to that. It should automatically be backed up.


How do I backup an external, bootable, ssd drive using time machine? I cannot tell if I am backing up the internal HDD or the bootable external SDD. Thanks in advance.

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