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Any idea why this is???

My Mac book Pro will not back up to my Seagate external hard drive disk anymore.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 9, 2020 3:51 PM

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Posted on Jun 9, 2020 4:19 PM

mynameis1 wrote:

My Mac book Pro will not back up to my Seagate external hard drive disk anymore.

"Time Machine has completed a new backup for you," or if you get a message saying it "can't create the backup."

If that message reappears it is likely the TM disk is failing. The best solution is to replace it.

ref: Learn more about backup disks that you can use with Time Machine —https://support.apple.com/kb/HT202784

If you need to create a new backup from Mac—

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