When backing up using the G Drive on using time machine my wife drops the icon into the trash icon on the loading dock.  I told her this was not correct.  Who is right?  Thanks in Advance.

Folks,
I found my wife dropping the icon of her backup file into the trash icon on the dock.  She had just completed using Time machine and when to uninstall the Gdrive.  I told her this was an erroneous practice.  She disagreed.  Who is right?
Thanks in advance.

http://www.g-technology.com/kbase/files/G-RAID-Manual-Unmount.pdf
Hope this helps.

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