Using iShuffle To Back-Up Digital Camera Images?

Hi Gang:
Is it possible to back-up digital camera images to my iShuffle without using a computer? Going directly to it somehow?
Thank you, Glenn

Simon,
Time Machine uses a lot of internal tools within the system files, so it's never a good approach to begin to fool it with duplicates, renamings the exact same names etc such tricks.
Better handle TM the "official" straight way:
Plug both external drives, and tell Time Machine through its normal Preferences, that you are now moving your TM backup routine to the other external drive.
Let it do the first backup then one next, and then only, unplug the first drive so you can send it for repairs.
When you get it back, use TM Preferences again to tell it to backup now back on the first drive again.
That's what I would do personally, or another simple solution:
set Time Machine OFF temporarily while the first drive is being repaired, and use
SuperDuper!
to make daily clones of your Mac on the temporary second drive.

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Message was edited by: Kelvinband

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