Chris, a longer answer with instructions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, On Jul 9, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Short answer is with a utility called Disk Utility which is in your Utilities > folder (command-shift-u to get there from finder). There have been detailed > descriptions on this list on exactly how to use it so if you can't figure > things out just ping back and I'll try to dig one of those up, unless > somebody else has the instructions handy. > > CB > > On 7/9/12 11:11 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: >> How do I partition a drive with vo >> >> On Jul 9, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >>> The tricky bit is that Time Machine will continue to grow the size of the >>> backup set until it fills all available space. After that it prunes the >>> oldest stuff in prep for new backups. The end result is that if you don't >>> keep it on its own partition time machine will eventually use up the entire >>> 2TB drive and you won't have room for anything else. That also means you >>> can probably go way back in time to recover a deleted file, but that's >>> probably not your goal. Instead, I would partition that drive into two >>> pieces. One for Time machine and one for everything else. Generally I make >>> my TM partitions roughly 2 times the amount of data I have on my drive. My >>> laptop has a 500GB drive but I only have about 200GB or so on there, so I >>> made the TM backup partition 500GB. Then I use the rest of the space for >>> other things. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 7/8/12 12:56 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: >>>> My drive is connected via usb. >>>> >>>> On Jul 8, 2012, at 10:51 AM, rashantha de silva wrote: >>>> >>>>> Stacey >>>>> I assume you are using Time Machine for backups. You can store what you >>>>> like on the drive. To move your music look at iTunes prefs > Advanced tab >>>>> it will show the path to your music. Just google moving my itunes library >>>>> to an external drive. >>>>> >>>>> You haven't indicated how your 2tb is connected. That would be helpful. >>>>> >>>>> Hope that helps a bit. >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 8, 2012, at 6:22 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> I now have a drive for backing up my mac running SnowLeopard. I've >>>>>> backed it up successfully. >>>>>> This drive is a 2TB drive. Can I also store files on the drive such as >>>>>> music? >>>>>> Do I need to do something so that my backups are in a different place? >>>>>> If so what do I need to do and how do I do it? >>>>>> Step by step instructions are appreciated. >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Stacey and GEB dog Chesley >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
