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I have an external drive that already has some stuff in it. It also has a lot of space left (twice as much as the data currently in use on my local drive), which is why I'm thinking about turning on Time Machine (TM).
My question is: If I choose to encrypt my TM backups, and when I turn on TM, will I retain and have access to the other stuff on the external drive?
I just encrypt the whole drive and use that for TM. And I also use the same drive for CCC and general storage. So, yes, you can use it for storage too if you follow my approach. Is there another way to do encrypted TM backups? Sparsefile or whatever it's called? – skub – 2012-01-21T00:29:55.657
@skub I was specifically referring to the “Encrypt backup disk” checkbox that appears under Preferences -> Time Machine -> Select Disk. Note that I have FileVault 2 turned on my local drive. – Enchilada – 2012-01-21T01:21:01.343