I have a 2Tb SSD that I plan to use to back up three macs. I was going to set up partitions and put images of each mac on each partition. But then I ran into the issue of volumes on AFPS. Does it make sense to set up multiple volumes and use them for separate backups?
Mac mini 2018 or later
in addition to the excellent advice already offered, as cheap as external drives have become, why would you not want to buy a separate dedicated drive for each Mac?
FWIW, backing up three Macs to the same drive is not the best idea. When the drive fails (they all do eventually), you lose all three.
Very much agree with previous posting.
A good process to protect each computer independently and have been using it for years with good success.
Do you have a Rescue Plan In-Place. This comprises having 3 Backups using 2 methods and 1 Off Site incase of Theft, Loss or Natural Disasters. A Time Machine Backup is very useful and can be used to Revert to Previous Working macOS.
For addition purposes - two Tested Clones each to separate external drives. This is insurance incase the upgrades goes sideways.
At least one Tested Clone and / or Time Machine Backup should be Off - Site
Does my CCC backup have to be bootable for me to restore data from it?
in addition to the excellent comments already provided, I just wanted to share a few articles to support why you may not want to do this.
To all who recommended separate drives, point taken. Thanks.
you're welcome. :)
👍 good work 🇨🇦
TY. :)
very good references. thanks.
Is it advisable to set up multiple AFPS volumes on one drive for backups
