![]() ![]() Now you can take backup using Time Machine. This will change the format of your external drive and will make it compatible with Time Machine. In the new pop-up window that opens rename the drive if you want and alters and drive format to the supported one (Mac OS Extended (Journaled) > Erase. Click Erase present at the top of the Disk Utility window. Open Disk Utility and choose the attached drive (external) from the left pane.Ĥ. Open Finder > Go > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utilityģ. Follow the steps to format the external drive:Ģ. If the external drive you are using is having one of the incompatible formats, you’ll need to reformat it to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with a GUID Partition Table (GPT). This will show drives format under General information. Here, look for drive> select it > right-click Get Info.Ĥ. To check the format of the drive you are using, follow the steps explained below:ġ. The FAT or NTFS file system doesn’t work with Time Machine.īesides, if the external hard drive is in APFS macOS format then also it won’t work with Time Machine backup. Therefore, you need to make sure the external drive you are using has a native macOS format. If your external drive doesn’t have enough storage space or is formatted wrongly, you might face Time Backup error. If you are one of those unlucky users, here are some troubleshooting tips to fix the problem. Unfortunately, several Mac users, after updating their Mac, face Time Machine backup failed error. Now, let’s learn how to fix Time Machine Backup Fails Repeatedly. ![]()
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