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MaCBOOK PRO NOT RECOGNIZING MY PASSPORT AS BACKUP DISC

MacBook Pro not recognizing My Passport as backup disc

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on May 12, 2022 8:25 AM

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Posted on May 12, 2022 8:28 AM

System Preferences > Time machine > (Select Disk) ...

should allow you to specify your passport disk as a time machine destination.

If it is not in the appropriate format for a new Backup drive, Time machine prefs will invoke Disk Utility to ERASE it.

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