Unable to select external drive as source

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Description

I'm trying to set up a local-to-local backup for my RAID drive to another external drive.

The version of Vorta I'm using doesn't allow me to select an external drive as a source, so I tried using a symlink inside my home folder as a workaround. I was able to select the link as the destination, no actual backup is made even though it gives me the message "Backup finished."

In the logs the source shows up as a folder in my home folder.

Reproduction

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OS

MacOS Sequoia 15.7.4

Version of Vorta

0.11.3

What did you install Vorta with?

Homebrew

Version of Borg

1.4.4

Logs

2026-04-06 19:21:16,470 - vorta.keyring.abc - DEBUG - No module named 'secretstorage'
2026-04-06 19:21:16,471 - vorta.keyring.abc - DEBUG - Using VortaDarwinKeyring
2026-04-06 19:21:16,472 - vorta.borg.borg_job - DEBUG - Using VortaDarwinKeyring keyring to store passwords.
2026-04-06 19:21:16,482 - vorta.keyring.darwin - DEBUG - Retrieved password for repo /Volumes/DestinationDrive/repo
2026-04-06 19:21:16,497 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Add job for site 1
2026-04-06 19:21:16,498 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Start job on site: 1
2026-04-06 19:21:16,534 - vorta.borg.borg_job - INFO - Running command: /opt/homebrew/bin/borg create --list --progress --info --log-json --json --filter=AM -C lz4 '/Volumes/DestinationDrive/repo::BopperNetwork-2026-04-06-192116' '/Users/bopper/Bopper Network'
2026-04-06 19:21:17,083 - vorta.borg.borg_job - INFO - Creating archive at "/Volumes/DestinationDrive/repo::BopperNetwork-2026-04-06-192116"
2026-04-06 19:21:17,228 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Finish job for site: 1
2026-04-06 19:21:17,228 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - No more jobs for site: 1
2026-04-06 19:21:17,229 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Profile: 2, 3 42
2026-04-06 19:21:17,229 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Scheduler for profile 2 is disabled.
2026-04-06 19:23:19,518 - vorta.keyring.abc - DEBUG - No module named 'secretstorage'
2026-04-06 19:23:19,519 - vorta.keyring.abc - DEBUG - Using VortaDarwinKeyring
2026-04-06 19:23:19,519 - vorta.borg.borg_job - DEBUG - Using VortaDarwinKeyring keyring to store passwords.
2026-04-06 19:23:19,524 - vorta.keyring.darwin - DEBUG - Retrieved password for repo /Volumes/DestinationDrive/repo
2026-04-06 19:23:19,537 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Add job for site 1
2026-04-06 19:23:19,537 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Start job on site: 1
2026-04-06 19:23:19,553 - vorta.borg.borg_job - INFO - Running command: /opt/homebrew/bin/borg create --list --progress --info --log-json --json --filter=AM -C lz4 '/Volumes/Destination/repo::SourceDrive-2026-04-06-192319' '/Users/bopper/SourceDrive'
2026-04-06 19:23:19,893 - vorta.borg.borg_job - INFO - Creating archive at "/Volumes/DestinationDrive/repo::SourceDrive-2026-04-06-192319"
2026-04-06 19:23:20,043 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Finish job for site: 1
2026-04-06 19:23:20,046 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - No more jobs for site: 1
2026-04-06 19:23:20,047 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Profile: 2, 3 42
2026-04-06 19:23:20,047 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Scheduler for profile 2 is disabled.
2026-04-06 19:25:00,199 - vorta.views.source_tab - DEBUG - Updating sources (1)
2026-04-06 19:25:00,201 - vorta.views.source_tab - DEBUG - Updating source in row 0.