all setup on the drive now, took it off my nas, it was getting error messages sometimes
hmm

ok!

Quote from: Tracy on October 04, 2024, 02:16:36 PMIt's brand new, so nothing I put on there
weird I bought 2 of these the other one didn't need me to do anything.

it was from disk utility

Open Time Machine and add it as the backup disk and see what it does.

It's brand new, so nothing I put on there
weird I bought 2 of these the other one didn't need me to do anything.

it was from disk utility

Quote from: Tracy on October 04, 2024, 10:19:41 AMThanks Joe!

Here are my options, it's under erase

Is that from the Disk Utility or Time Machine backup? Either way if those are your only options use Mac OS Extended (Journaled). If Time Machine doesn't like it will ask you to let it re-format to what it wants. Just beware if there is anything on that drive it won't be when it is reformatted.

I just bought another one of those Toshiba externals for home use... $75 (after tax) for 2 TB. My kid used up all the HD space on my computer for games.

Thanks Joe!

Here are my options, it's under erase

Quote from: Tracy on October 04, 2024, 09:25:05 AMI started to change my Time Machine to the drive and it is locked or something
will reformatting it fix it?

Sounds like it is already NTFS which won't work. Reformat it to APFS. It should have given you the option to do that when you try to set it as the TM backup disk.

If I remember correctly Macs can't write to an NTFS drive but can read it.

Time Machine will reformat an external drive if it needs to. It will give you the option.

QuoteAPFS or APFS Encrypted disks are the preferred format for a Time Machine backup disk. If you select a new backup disk that's not already formatted as an APFS disk, you get the option to erase and reformat it. If the disk is a Mac OS Extended format disk that contains an existing Time Machine backup, you aren't asked to erase and reformat the disk.

Note: The entire APFS volume is reserved for Time Machine backups. If you want to store files other than the Time Machine backup on the same physical device, use Disk Utility to create an additional APFS volume on the disk. The two volumes then share the available space.


Time Machine still supports backups on Mac OS Extended format (Journaled), Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled), and Xsan formatted disks.

I'm going to switch my Time Machine from my NAS to a Toshiba External

I bought 2 identical drives, I used one to backup some personal stuff
I started to change my Time Machine to the drive and it is locked or something
will reformatting it fix it? I guess I should say will I have any problems reformatting it/erasing it.
reformat to NTFS?

I think I have to erase to NTFS