How to format solid state drive for external Time Machine

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How to format solid state drive for external Time Machine

My new MacBook Pro finally came in. (64GB Ram, 8TB Storage), OS 12. I purchased a solid-state external drive for Time Machine. How should I format it?

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Posted on Nov 12, 2021 8:01 PM

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ku4hx

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Nov 12, 2021 9:12 PM in response to Ziatron

APFS (Case-sensitive) is the format required, you do this via Disk Utilities loaded from the Launchpad.

Go here first:

Backup your Mac with TimeMachine: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

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