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| From | Peter James <peterf@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.sys.mac |
| Subject | Re: Backing up to Crucial X8 External Dirve |
| Date | 2025-09-18 09:46 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mj22mrFb1cU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <mj0cupFma59U1@mid.individual.net> <10af6ua$3euvg$1@dont-email.me> |
On 17 Sep 2025 at 21:50:18 BST, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 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
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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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