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can you back up an external hardrive with time machine?

can you back up an external hard-drive with time machine?

Mac Pro, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 25, 2023 1:58 PM

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Niel

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Posted on Jan 25, 2023 2:02 PM

Open the Time Machine pane of System Preferences, click on Options, and remove it from the exclusion list. Volumes in some formats, such as FAT32, can't be backed up by it.

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