{"id":"finder-location.where-is-the-backup-made-by-backup-drive","url":"/faq/finder-location/where-is-the-backup-made-by-backup-drive","category":{"id":"finder-location","title":"Finding things in Finder"},"subcategory":{"id":"drive-layout","title":"What's on your external drive"},"question":"Where do I find the copy that Backup Drive made?","alt_questions":["Reveal Backup in Finder","Where did Backup Drive put my files?","find backup drive copy storage studio","How do I see the backup on the second drive?","Backup Drive finished, where is it?"],"short_answer":"On the second drive you picked — click Reveal Backup in Finder when Backup Drive finishes. It's a verified point-in-time copy of your working folder; your current drive stays active.","answer_markdown":"On the second drive you chose. When **Backup Drive** finishes, click **Reveal Backup in Finder** and Finder opens the backup on the new drive.\n\nThe backup is a complete, verified copy of your working folder — every relocated app and folder plus Storage Studio's own records — taken at that moment. Your current drive stays the active one, and your shortcuts keep pointing at it.\n\nTreat the backup as a safety copy: don't rearrange it by hand. If you ever want to switch to that drive for good, use **Transfer Drive**, which also re-points your shortcuts.\n\nSee [Transfer or back up your drive](/manual/transfer).","answer_html":"

On the second drive you chose. When Backup Drive finishes, click Reveal Backup in Finder and Finder opens the backup on the new drive.

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The backup is a complete, verified copy of your working folder — every relocated app and folder plus Storage Studio's own records — taken at that moment. Your current drive stays the active one, and your shortcuts keep pointing at it.

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Treat the backup as a safety copy: don't rearrange it by hand. If you ever want to switch to that drive for good, use Transfer Drive, which also re-points your shortcuts.

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See Transfer or back up your drive.

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Finding things in Finder · What's on your external drive

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Where do I find the copy that Backup Drive made?

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Short answer: On the second drive you picked — click Reveal Backup in Finder when Backup Drive finishes. It's a verified point-in-time copy of your working folder; your current drive stays active.

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On the second drive you chose. When Backup Drive finishes, click Reveal Backup in Finder and Finder opens the backup on the new drive.

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The backup is a complete, verified copy of your working folder — every relocated app and folder plus Storage Studio's own records — taken at that moment. Your current drive stays the active one, and your shortcuts keep pointing at it.

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Treat the backup as a safety copy: don't rearrange it by hand. If you ever want to switch to that drive for good, use Transfer Drive, which also re-points your shortcuts.

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See Transfer or back up your drive.

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