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Time Machine on an external drive

How do I turn off Time Machine so that I can re-format the disk. I want to reuse the disk for general file storage.


iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 16, 2021 10:17 AM

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Posted on May 16, 2021 10:25 AM

Go into Time Machine Preferences and select "Select Disk" Choose the disk you want to remove and click "Remove Disk".

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Time Machine on an external drive

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