Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Peter James Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Backing up to Crucial X8 External Dirve Date: 18 Sep 2025 09:46:03 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <10af6ua$3euvg$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net sEQvg80InXCCR14VkFbAWwOQSS7Fh+3/J6hih2gHdtLemPgYKu Cancel-Lock: sha1:BVih90aJ0l9Dhc22nynJve2AvA8= sha256:W/kV48iYuwK6W22S8Vj12WFqJXqnmY6Mu5rBvtOQoyI= User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS X-Usenapp: v1.27.4/l - Full License Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:181898 On 17 Sep 2025 at 21:50:18 BST, "Chris" wrote: > Peter James wrote: >> I'm using a MacBook laptop for which I purchased an external drive, a Crucial >> X8 of 1TB capacity. >> >> Every time I try to back up to the external disc, the software reports that >> the crucial X8 is not available. >> The disc shows up in disc utilities and is partitioned to format AFPS. >> I feel I must be doing something very wrong, but I'm unable to identify it. >> Any help greatly appreciated > > Is this for Time Machine? If so you need to make your drive a TM target > before it'll work. > https://support.apple.com/en-us/104984 Many thanks, and thank you for posting the Apple support link. That worked to treat. Thank you again, Peter -- The address shown on this posting is false. If you need to contact me then wirte to: peterATpfjamesDOTcoDOTuk