December 31 1969 on all new equipment??

I know why some of my old files show they were created in 1969, but I just hooked up a brand new La Cie external with my 2018 MBP and it is showing this info. Is it because the drive came formatted in ExFat? Does everything formatted in ExFat have this issue?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Mar 18, 2022 3:31 PM

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dialabrain

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Mar 18, 2022 3:53 PM in response to DebB103

Seems like it. Just formatted on an iMac Pro running Monterey 12.3

DebB103 Author

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Mar 18, 2022 4:45 PM in response to dialabrain

I am going to assume that's the case, then. Thank you! That's so strange it was never resolved in all this time.

dialabrain

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Mar 18, 2022 5:29 PM in response to DebB103

You're welcome. I don't know the cause but it doesn't seem to affect anything.

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