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Could you answer a related question for me? Is it a reasonable thing to do to have a file folder on the Mac internal HD with Time Machine used inside of it, for quick recovery and accessability (since it really isn't intended to be a backup program per se) and then have an external drive that is for the exclusive purpose of having a reliable backup disk?
OR
Is it smarter to spend the extra $$ and get TWO external drives; one dedicated to Time Machine and one to the backup program?
I would very much appreciate your views on this.
Thanks a lot for your help and sharing your tips.
George
- Suspend the VM and close Parallels
- Open Terminal
- cd {your parallels folder}
- cd {your VM.pvm package}
- mv Snapshots {your TM volume under /Volumes}/Snapshots/{name of VM}
- ln -s {your TM volume under /Volumes}/{name of VM} Snapshots
Or alternatively, you could make a separate folder which still *is* covered by Time Machine and periodically save a Parallels snapshot there. That way Time Machine wouldn't get bogged down with hourly backups of your VM but would still get your daily/weekly/whatever snapshots and you wouldn't need the hassle of a separate drive just for Parallels.
Right?