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John from Yass
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Q: Should I reformat a external drive for time machine to work?

I am setting up a new time machine for a new MacBook Pro and am going to use a drive that I previously used for backing up a windows computer. Will I need to reformat to drive. I assume I will have to.

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Posted on Jan 18, 2014 7:40 PM

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Yes.. Time Machine requires Mac OS Extended (journaled)

 

See here for  >  Format, Erase, or Reformat a drive

 

 

Time Machine  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427

 

Time Machine Tutorial  >  Time Machine Tutorial

Posted on Jan 18, 2014 7:44 PM

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