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MacMost Now 57: Archiving Large Drives
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Hi Gary,
I have recently switched to mac and started to watch your podcast which is very useful. Thank you for your efforts. I have a question about this episode though.
Why should you create a virtual drive? Can't you create a new folder on the hard disk and put all the files to be backed up in that folder? What is the benefit of the virtual drive?
Thanks,
Satish
Satish: One benefit is that the virtual drive is seen as a single file, instead of a folder full of files that can contain hundreds or thousands. So when the virtual disk image in not mounted, it is just a single item. That helps with organization, and with drive speed.