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I have a MacBook Pro with the M1 chip. Recently purchased a WD My Passport Ultra for Mac. I keep getting an error message when I try to backup my computer. The new devise is grayed out and shows up in the excluded box. The (-) sign is grayed out so I can't remove it. Any assistance you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
With the " WD My Passport Ultra : directly connected to computer >> Open " Disk Utilities " residing in the " Other Folder " of Launchpad.
In Disk Utilities open >> View >> View ALL attached Drives. On left side look for the Upper Most name " WD My Passport Ultra ". That is the drive to format. With it chosen >> one right choose Erase and slit box below and choose APFS and again below that choose GUID Partition Map. Now choose Erase. It will dismount the drive and reformat as previously chosen and remount the drive. Exit Disk Utilities and done.
With the " WD My Passport Ultra : directly connected to computer >> Open " Disk Utilities " residing in the " Other Folder " of Launchpad.
In Disk Utilities open >> View >> View ALL attached Drives. On left side look for the Upper Most name " WD My Passport Ultra ". That is the drive to format. With it chosen >> one right choose Erase and slit box below and choose APFS and again below that choose GUID Partition Map. Now choose Erase. It will dismount the drive and reformat as previously chosen and remount the drive. Exit Disk Utilities and done.
Is there data on the Western Digital you want to keep?
No. I was trying my first download to the device. So, I'm willing to start over.
The next step would to reformat to HFS Journaled and then re-reformat it to APFS to show up in TM Backup as a choice to use.
Thx for your reply. I am not techie. How do I reformat to HFS and APFS?
How do I un-exclude my WD Passport Ultra for Mac in Time Machine? The (-) sign is grayed out so I can't delete it. Thank you.
