Time Machine problem

I want Time Machine to back up an external Samsung T7 ssd drive. However, when I go to "Time Machine Preferences" and bring up the list of excluded items that drive is grayed out and I'm unable to remove it from the "excluded items" list.

Mac Studio, macOS 12.6

Posted on Sep 21, 2022 11:51 PM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2022 12:18 PM

The external drive is not formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and it needs to be if you want Time Machine to back up the drive.

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