Untouched HD with Time Machine

[Kevin Callahan]

On Oct 28, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Michelangelo wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering: how does TM organize files on the backup drive?  
> Does it completely blank ("format") the drive to have the maximum  
> available space to do all its "dirty" things or does it leave my  
> stuff on the HD putting its "dirty things" inside a well-organized  
> directory leaving the rest completely untouched?
>
> You know... I would like to use my external drive for both  
> activities (mine and TM's:)).

It creates a top level folder:  Backups.backupdb

and in that folder, are subfolders named after any computers backing  
up to that drive

In each computer-folder, there are subfolders (timestamped backups)  
containing subfolders for Apps, Users etc

you can navigate the folders and look at the contents quite easily