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Re: Backing up to Crucial X8 External Dirve

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: Backing up to Crucial X8 External Dirve
Date 2025-09-17 20:50 +0000
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Peter James <peterf@gmail.com> 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

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Backing up to Crucial X8 External Dirve Peter James <peterf@gmail.com> - 2025-09-17 18:28 +0000
  Re: Backing up to Crucial X8 External Dirve Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-09-17 20:50 +0000
    Re: Backing up to Crucial X8 External Dirve Peter James <peterf@gmail.com> - 2025-09-18 09:46 +0000
  Re: Backing up to Crucial X8 External Dirve Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> - 2025-09-18 07:04 +0000

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