Choosing personal or business backup for a Mac Mini backup setup
An is planned as the center of a backup setup. An external drive would be connected to the Mac Mini, and both the Mac Mini and an employer-owned M1 MacBook Pro would back up to that drive. would then back up those backups again.
Since the personal and backup prices appear to be the same, the option looks attractive because it may make it easier to tell the MacBook Pro and Mac Mini apart. The main question is whether there is any hidden downside to choosing the backup plan at the same price.
Key points
- The would act as the main backup hub.
- An external drive would hold backups from both Macs.
- would then back up the backup drive.
- The is being considered because it may separate the two machines more clearly.
- Company policy matters because one laptop is owned by an employer.