I have Time Machine on a Seagate one touch 4GB drive and I can’t access it. I’ve tried to run disc repair and it works fine on the main disk but not on the lower level disc. IMac is running Catalina and it’s the second Seagate drive that has had problems in the last few days.
this article has many more resources that you might find helpful with your specific issue
Time Machine troubleshooting on Mac - Apple Support
its important to keep an open mind and consider the hard drive as another variable in the issue. what im trying to say is, you have the manufacturer for the hard drive to seek support if youve used up all your options over with apple support resources.
can you describe and list anything unordinary to get a better idea about what youre seeing.
when did this start happening?
was the drive unplugged at a point in time?
this article has many more resources that you might find helpful with your specific issue
Time Machine troubleshooting on Mac - Apple Support
its important to keep an open mind and consider the hard drive as another variable in the issue. what im trying to say is, you have the manufacturer for the hard drive to seek support if youve used up all your options over with apple support resources.
can you describe and list anything unordinary to get a better idea about what youre seeing.
when did this start happening?
was the drive unplugged at a point in time?
TreforW Said:
"Time Machine not backing up with Catalina: I have Time Machine on a Seagate one touch 4GB drive and I can’t access it. I’ve tried to run disc repair and it works fine on the main disk but not on the lower level disc. IMac is running Catalina and it’s the second Seagate drive that has had problems in the last few days."
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About Backing Up Catalina:
Save the data elsewhere, and then format it to APFS format using Disk Utility in Recovery Mode
Refer to these Links:
Which Drive to Get:
Purchase an external drive 1.5 times the internal storage. Make sure that the original packing reads that it is compatible with the macOS.
So, what to Do:
Use Time Machine Backup - and not a third party app. You would....
***To Open Disk Utility: Go to: Applications > Utilities
Thank you, I'll try that. I'll also try using Disk Utility on an older mac before I reformat in case that might work. I'm running an older system that might make a difference.
Time Machine not backing up with Catalina
