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| From | ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Renaming my mounted external USB3 Seagate 4TB HDD's names doesn't update in Big Sur's Time Machine. |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.systems |
| References | <pu-dnUgN2rZ54If9nZ2dnUU7-K-dnZ2d@earthlink.com> <slrns1lscv.26qj.g.kreme@m1mini.local> <atGdnQxUqL6kh4b9nZ2dnUU7-QmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <slrns1mgdg.fbm.g.kreme@m1mini.local> |
| Message-ID | <6sidnbM_-eFND4b9nZ2dnUU7-RWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2021-02-04 00:23 -0600 |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
In comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
> In message <atGdnQxUqL6kh4b9nZ2dnUU7-QmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > In comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
> >> In message <pu-dnUgN2rZ54If9nZ2dnUU7-K-dnZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> >> > Hello.
> >> > Renaming my mounted external USB3 Seagate 4TB HDD's names doesn't update
> >> > in Big Sur's Time Machine.
> >> > In the past with Mojave v10.14.6, I could do that and Time Machine would
> >> > see the updated names. Is this broken in Big Sur (seen in both v11.1 and
> >> > v11.2)? This is on a month old 2020 13" MacBook Pro (Intel i7 CPU).
> >> I do not understand what you mean by this.
> >> Are you renaming the drive that is the Time Machine Target? Why the hell
> >> would you ever do that? You name it TARDIS and you leave it at that name
> >> forever. (Tardis is acceptable)
> > Yes, renaming it because I don't like the old name I gave a few weeks
> > ago when I set it up.
> Since Time Machine uses the UUID of the drive, it doesn't are what the
> name is. O can't think of any reason why someone would have spent time
> have TM check the drive's name after setup.
> I'll have to take your work for it that this used to happen, but TM is
> quite different in Big Sur.
Oh well, thanks anyways. What else is different in BS' TM? It looks the
same compared to Mojave v10.14.6 and earlier. I know it can use APFS.
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Renaming my mounted external USB3 Seagate 4TB HDD's names doesn't update in Big Sur's Time Machine. ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-02-03 04:41 -0600
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Re: Renaming my mounted external USB3 Seagate 4TB HDD's names doesn't update in Big Sur's Time Machine. Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2021-02-03 18:55 +0000
Re: Renaming my mounted external USB3 Seagate 4TB HDD's names doesn't update in Big Sur's Time Machine. ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-02-03 15:48 -0600
Re: Renaming my mounted external USB3 Seagate 4TB HDD's names doesn't update in Big Sur's Time Machine. Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2021-02-04 00:37 +0000
Re: Renaming my mounted external USB3 Seagate 4TB HDD's names doesn't update in Big Sur's Time Machine. ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-02-04 00:23 -0600
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