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Time Machine won't back up because there are two drives named Macintosh HD

Even though one drive is named Macintosh HD - Data, Time Machine fails to make a back up now that I've moved up to OS 10.15.4 Catalina.


Which drive should it be backing up? How do I get it pointed to that drive, or what can I do about renaming one of them?

iMac 27", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 23, 2020 10:28 AM

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Posted on May 23, 2020 11:47 AM

SLusnia wrote:

Even though one drive is named Macintosh HD - Data, Time Machine fails to make a back up now that I've moved up to OS 10.15.4 Catalina.

Which drive should it be backing up? How do I get it pointed to that drive, or what can I do about renaming one of them?




If you need to create a new backup from Mac—

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-you-need-to-create-a-new-backup-mh34042/10.14/mac/10.15


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May 23, 2020 11:47 AM in response to SLusnia

SLusnia wrote:

Even though one drive is named Macintosh HD - Data, Time Machine fails to make a back up now that I've moved up to OS 10.15.4 Catalina.

Which drive should it be backing up? How do I get it pointed to that drive, or what can I do about renaming one of them?




If you need to create a new backup from Mac—

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-you-need-to-create-a-new-backup-mh34042/10.14/mac/10.15


Time Machine won't back up because there are two drives named Macintosh HD

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