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Devgeo Author

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Time Machine backup?

how do you eject an external storage device, such as a USB once you've finished backup from time machine?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 14, 2021 5:36 PM

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Jack-19

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Posted on Nov 14, 2021 5:38 PM

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Drag it to the Trash, or control-click and elect "Eject".

However, you should not eject an external hard drive that is set up for Time Machine. Time Machine works in the background to always keep a backup for you.

Jack

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