How to use Time Machine with multiple MacsApple's built-in Time Machine app makes it simple to back up data on your Mac. You can use the same external hard drive to back up multiple Macs if you wish. Here are the two main ways to do this.
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Get it done
When you use an external hard drive to back up different Macs, Time Machine automatically creates separate folders, one for each computer. If you ever need to restore data from the hard drive on any of your Macs, Time Machine understands which files match the specific computer.
To back up different Macs using Time Machine, you can:
Do it manually
Perhaps the simplest way is to attach the drive to one Mac, let Time Machine run a backup, then disconnect the drive and repeat the steps on another Mac. In each case, Ti...
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How to use Time Machine with multiple Macs
