I won't consider Mojave or above until DiskWarrior can repairAPFS. Yes they are, both developers are very fast with updates when apple says you once were a pig now you're a cow, for my money APFS only has drawbacks & is not ready for prime time, sadly you're stuck with APFS on SSDs in Mojave, & stuck with APFS everywhere in Catalina.

Does this format have any advantages? (I keep getting mixed responses from people about that? It looks like both CCC and Try-Backup are AFPS compatible. It seems that CCC is similar (although it has more capabilities?) whereas Try-Backup is more similar to TM? Thanks!Īre you familiar with ChronoSync? My understanding is that ChronoSync is mostly a file and folder duplication/syncing program.īeen years sinceI used it, went to CCC for moreuses. You're help is greatly appreciated as it will save me much time and strain on my hard drive. If I do so, I'm wondering if it's then redundant to continue with Time Machine's backup? Can I easily navigate within the Time Machine backup and move files and folders beyond Time Machine's file hierarchy? Or must the data that it has backed up remain within it? Is data treated all the same way with Time Machine to be used, moved, modified as one wishes? Or is it to be thought of as more of a passive backup program? Should I pause my backup now, manually move my music library to the external, and then run a system-wide Time Machine backup when my new workflow is in order?

I'd like to remove the music library from my MacBook and then link Music app to the new music folder on the external. However, I intend to change the location of a majority of the data, including a massive music library, that is being backed up on both my MacBook's internal and on the destination backup drive running Time Machine. I'm currently running a massive system backup onto my external drive with Time Machine that will take me the rest of the day. It's been a while since I've used Time Machine.

Backup scheduler for time machine