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I have an external drive but not sure we have used for time machine backups how do we tell

Posted on Oct 28, 2022 11:27 PM

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Oct 29, 2022 1:32 AM in response to Caseyqld

Can you set the "ignore ownership" checkbox (see bottom of screenshot). If you can it won't be a time machine drive.

Alternatively - if it has no data on it you want to keep, you can simply re-format it as APFS or MacOS extended.

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Oct 29, 2022 1:17 AM in response to Caseyqld

You'll see the back ups on the drive? It has a TM icon.

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