Time machine not configured

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Time machine not configured

I accidentally deleted the Backup Disk for my Time Machine Backups by clicking Remove Disk.

I thoughtby using the Backup Disk on backup my wife’s mac, it would recognise it again. I backed up my wife's computer using the disk and TimeMachine.

Taking it back to mine the disk is still not recognised. There is no way I can force my computer to recognise it.

I have done a Carbon Copy Cloner backup of my computer to the disk, but that is not what I want. How to force my laptop to recognise the Backup Disk once more? Screenshots follow -

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MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 11, 2020 3:48 AM

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Answer 1

leroydouglas

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Mar 11, 2020 6:02 AM in response to Kelimc

Hold the Option key and click open the TM icon in the upper right menu bar>Browse other Backup Disk

see if this gets you anywhere.

How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support

Types of disks you can use with Time Machine on Mac - Apple ...

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Kelimc Author

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Mar 11, 2020 8:18 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thank you leroydouglas for your answers. The option click does not work: Browse other Backup Disk ... leads me to a T M screen, not a Disk to record to...

Your second link led me to an interesting fact:

Important: You can back up from an HFS+ or APFS-formatted disk to an HFS+ disk; however, Time Machine can’t back up to an APFS-formatted disk. If you select a back up disk formatted as APFS, Time Machine offers to reformat it as HFS+.

How come the AFPS formatted disk works on my wife's computer and not on mine? Should I reformat back to HFS+? I was not aware of this at the time of "updating" the disk.

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