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How to remove external hard drive from Time Machine (OS Monterey)

I have a flash drive that I want to use to put a certain document on. I accidentally set up Time Machine with it, but it never worked because the flash drive is not large enough to use for Time Machine. I thought I removed it from Time Machine (it says there is no backup disk selected), but every time I plug in the flash drive and open it, it acts like Time Machine is still going and I cannot put any other documents on it at all. Help???

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 3, 2022 2:35 PM

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Try this. Open TM preference pane then select disc then highlite the drive and then pick "remove disk" (lower right)

Posted on Jan 3, 2022 4:36 PM

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How to remove external hard drive from Time Machine (OS Monterey)

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