I recently purchased a WD Easystore portable external drive as a backup for my MacBook Pro, version Ventura OS 13.2. My Mac Time Machine setup doesn't recognize the new drive. Error message: No available destination. Any suggestions?

I recently purchased a WD Easystore portable external drive as a backup for my MacBook Pro, version Ventura OS 13.2. My Mac Time Machine setup doesn't recognize the new drive. Error message: No available destination. Any suggestions?


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Antwil78 wrote:

I recently purchased a WD Easystore portable external drive as a backup for my MacBook Pro, version Ventura OS 13.2. My Mac Time Machine setup doesn't recognize the new drive. Error message: No available destination. Any suggestions?


Did you format the drive...(?)

GUID/APFS


Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

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


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Apr 5, 2023 08:58 PM in response to Antwil78

Antwil78 wrote:

I recently purchased a WD Easystore portable external drive as a backup for my MacBook Pro, version Ventura OS 13.2. My Mac Time Machine setup doesn't recognize the new drive. Error message: No available destination. Any suggestions?


Did you format the drive...(?)

GUID/APFS


Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

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


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