Can I use PGP WDE on a wireless time machine drive?

I have a new MacBook Pro with PGP WDE that has just been installed. On my old MacBook Pro I have been using Time Machine to wirelessly back up to an external hard drive attached to my airport express; so, the backups have been performed over Wi-Fi.
I want to backup the new computer with PGP WDE to an external hard drive; but, I need to have the backup be encrypted. I would like to use better encryption software on this drive than the apple provides with the "encrypted backup" option under time machine so I want PGP WDE on that drive as well.
WIll Time Machine still backup to a PGP WDE encrypted external hard drive and back up wirelessly like it does with unencrypted computers and drives?
Is their anything special that I need to do to make this work?

With great difficulty.
Chances are, your Seagate drive was connected directly to your Mac, correct?
If yes....Time Machine stores files differently on a drive that is connected directly to a Mac compared to files that are stored on a network drive, like the Time Capsule.
Even if you get the files transferred, you should not expect backups to continue to the same file.
Time Machine will want to make a new complete backup of your Mac and then move forward from there.
Pondini has fortunately provided the forum with excellent documentation for all of this. Check out his Time Machine -- Frequently Asked Questions
http://Pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
See #18

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carolsm wrote:
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