My Lexar SSD external back up was used for Time Machine backup. I tried excluding it now but have not been successful in turning into a drive without Time Machine backups.

Im running Ventura 13.0.1.


Trying to turn my Lexar SSD back to a normal drive from being used as Time Machine backup. Help.


iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021, 2 ports)

Posted on Dec 15, 2022 12:47 PM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2022 12:56 PM

With the drive connected as a TM backup you need to remove it in the TM preference pane by using the "-" sign at the bottom. Then OK the deletion and then you can erase it using Disk Utilities to APFS, GUID partition.

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My Lexar SSD external back up was used for Time Machine backup. I tried excluding it now but have not been successful in turning into a drive without Time Machine backups.

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