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How to re-use an old Time Machine drive

Greetings. I would like to take the external hard drive I bought at the Apple Store and used for my mid '10 MacBook Pro Time Machine and re-format it to use with my new MacBook Pro. Can someone list the steps please?


Posted on Jan 7, 2019 10:12 AM

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Format the TM as GUID/extended journaled (HFS+)

Posted on Jan 7, 2019 1:00 PM

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How to re-use an old Time Machine drive

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