On Sep 18, 2010, at 22:11 , Geoffrey Heard wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I can't find any instructions for Time Machine. The first thing it wants to do, apparently, is to take total control of the HD I want to use for back-ups. Is this normal? Can't it use just part of the HD?

My experience is that Time Machine shares the HD. I have a bunch of folders on my backup HD, and Time Machine stores all of its stuff in its own folder alongside.

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