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Time Machine Mac Question

I have been using an imac since the summer, and have been running time machine on it with an external hard drive. If I were to get mac laptop, can I plug in my time machine hard drive and move photos and music files to it, and then reattach to my imac. Thanks

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  • busenbust
    busenbust Posts: 4,782 Forumite
    duncansby wrote: »
    I have been using an imac since the summer, and have been running time machine on it with an external hard drive. If I were to get mac laptop, can I plug in my time machine hard drive and move photos and music files to it, and then reattach to my imac. Thanks

    Yes, but if I understand correctly, could you not also attach the mac laptop to a spare Ethernet port on the Time Capsule, in addition to the existing imac and then back-up that way?
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