Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Time Machine - resetting one of two volumes Date: 5 Nov 2016 20:33:36 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net KzWCRgUpMuGyFNJNAwQfWgMQu2qglGhrgYZrnv9tHNzDPzKyZY Cancel-Lock: sha1:qpzM9hRU10wgGxgYHAoRNXpAfKA= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96525 On 2016-11-05, Alan Browne wrote: > > I have two Time Machine volumes on separate external drives. > > Call them A and B. > > The disk with volume A is getting very full - about 20 GB left. > > Can I remove it from the backup list, remove that volume (A) and then > add it back to the TM list again without affecting volume B's TM? > > Will it delete the "A" TM when I remove it from the list? > > Seems logical that it's no issue but just want to hear the pitfalls - if > any. I add and remove volumes from the backup list in System Preferences > Time Machine all the time without affecting other volumes in the list. > Yes, I know it will remove the oldest files when full. But I also need > spare room for other things. With macOS Server's Time Machine service you can store backups in any folder on any volume as well as set quotas for each backup destination. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR