# \[Back That Mac Up\] Using a different HD to TimeMachine Backups?

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/back-that-mac-up-using-a-different-hd-to-timemachine-backups/15212>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [February 15, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/back-that-mac-up-using-a-different-hd-to-timemachine-backups/15212 "2024-02-15T15:51:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tmike74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tmike74](https://community.umbrel.com/u/tmike74)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/back-that-mac-up-using-a-different-hd-to-timemachine-backups/15212/1 "2024-02-15T15:51:33Z")

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My Umbrel runs like a charm on a Raspberry 4 mantaining its happy Bitcoin Node on an external 1TB SSD HD. Just discovered I may let Umbrel runs a TimeMachine backup with “Back That Mac Up” app. Great!  
Now … I would love NOT TO use the same SSD of the Bitcoin Node. Is **there a way to connect and use a second different external hard disk?**

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**Author:** ![hasii2024](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/hasii2024/32/5126_2.png) [@hasii2024](https://community.umbrel.com/u/hasii2024)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/back-that-mac-up-using-a-different-hd-to-timemachine-backups/15212/2 "2024-03-03T15:19:08Z")

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I have the Umbrel Home device (U130121). I would like to use an attached HD/SSD as a Time Machine backup. So I would be interested in this feature update

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**Author:** ![dusting](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@dusting](https://community.umbrel.com/u/dusting)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/back-that-mac-up-using-a-different-hd-to-timemachine-backups/15212/3 "2024-04-09T19:56:28Z")

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+1

Pretty unusable without being able to select a different drive. Using umbrel on a VM on a mac on my network.

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**Author:** ![kevingzc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@kevingzc](https://community.umbrel.com/u/kevingzc)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/back-that-mac-up-using-a-different-hd-to-timemachine-backups/15212/4 "2024-04-11T09:03:52Z")

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+1 i would like to add my existing external drive use for time machine plug on my linux server with umbrel os to be able to do saves without plug this HDD on my macbook pro

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**Author:** ![accounts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@accounts](https://community.umbrel.com/u/accounts)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/back-that-mac-up-using-a-different-hd-to-timemachine-backups/15212/5 "2024-08-12T10:21:42Z")

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+1 I would like to use it for time machine as well but it would be much better to backup on a separate drive.  
thanks

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**Author:** ![kevingzc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@kevingzc](https://community.umbrel.com/u/kevingzc)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/back-that-mac-up-using-a-different-hd-to-timemachine-backups/15212/6 "2025-11-08T10:51:08Z")

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With the new version we could add an external HDD and it’s great but i discover we can’t share on network a folder of this external HDD for Timemachine backup. Why ?

Is there a way to enable that ?

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