TimeMachine exclusions

I want to remove one of my external drives from the exclusion list for TimeMachine, but the - sign is greyed out. I've tried including some of the folders on the external drive to the list of exclusions to see if then I could remove the drive as a whole, but no success, when selecting the drive the - sign remain greyed out.

Posted on Apr 23, 2023 2:03 PM

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Niel

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Apr 23, 2023 2:08 PM in response to Pat832

Time Machine can't back up volumes in some formats, such as FAT32. Reformat it or use a different backup method.

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Apr 23, 2023 2:16 PM in response to Niel

Well that's ridiculous, but that's probably it. Thank you

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