Originally Posted By: plantsower
I definitely want a bootable disk. The only reason I am talking to you now is because I had a bootable external HD of my OS for my older MBP. Otherwise I would have really been up a creek.

You can partition your 1TB external drive into as many partitions as you like and use one for a bootable clone of your new MBP, one for a bootable clone of your old MBP, one for Time Machine, and n others for data, reserve, etc.

Before you set it in stone, though, give careful consideration to the sizes of of the various partitions so you don't get caught short down the road.

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