Problem with Time Machine and a WD Passport for Mac
I purchased a new " WD Passport for Mac" but Time Machine won't connect to it. I did a chat with WD and they say there is no problem with the Passport for Mac and to contact Apple as the issue seems to be in Time Machine. When I open Time Machine and select the Passport for Mac is says I must erase the passport. I did not do that and tried again to select the Passport for Mac but got the same message, so I erased the Passport for Mac. Initially I got the message that Time Machine cannot connect to Passport for Mac. Now when I repeat the process I keep getting the message to erase the Passport for Mac. The new Passport for Mac did not have a quick start guide, but says it' ready out of the box.
I use a 2020 MacBook Pro running OS X Big Sur version 11.4.
I previously have been using a WD Elements but it just stopped accepting my password and after two days of trying I gave up and bought the Passport for Mac.