TM drive for other data too?

Can I put other data on my Time Machine FW drive as long as I don't poot it in the TM backups folder?

yes, you can. however, i would recommend against it. there are a number of situations when you might want to erase the TM drive and start over. having other data on the drive makes that tricky. It's better to make an extra partition for other data and keep the TM partition for TM only.

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