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How do I format a new hard drive to backup my MacBook Pro? What format should I use?

I realise this question may be old. I'm hoping Apple has upgraded this system to do this automatically so I can use Timed Backup. Last time I bought an external hard drive I had to choose which format I wanted for my external hard drive.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 8, 2020 6:40 AM

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Posted on Sep 8, 2020 6:41 AM

Tanglefoot87 wrote:

I realise this question may be old. I'm hoping Apple has upgraded this system to do this automatically so I can use Timed Backup. Last time I bought an external hard drive I had to choose which format I wanted for my external hard drive.




Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/19.0/mac/10.15




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Sep 8, 2020 6:41 AM in response to Tanglefoot87

Tanglefoot87 wrote:

I realise this question may be old. I'm hoping Apple has upgraded this system to do this automatically so I can use Timed Backup. Last time I bought an external hard drive I had to choose which format I wanted for my external hard drive.




Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/19.0/mac/10.15




How do I format a new hard drive to backup my MacBook Pro? What format should I use?

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