how to format an external drive used to back-up my Mac?

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Posted on Dec 29, 2020 08:18 AM

Find Disk Utility in Applications > Utilities. Then see this:

Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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Dec 29, 2020 08:18 AM in response to redux47

Find Disk Utility in Applications > Utilities. Then see this:

Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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