Backup transfer

[krs]

There may not be a choice. As I said, at one point the boot drive HAD TO BE formatted APFS, and TM drive HAD TO BE formatted HFS+. Now, I think both have to be APFS. No options.

There may not be a choice. As I said, at one point the boot drive HAD TO BE formatted APFS, and TM drive HAD TO BE formatted HFS+. Now, I think both have to be APFS. No options.

I suppose having to have the external TM spinner drive formatted as APFS is not really an issue.
I certainly would not buy an SSD for backup or TM

 

[bigscreen]

Thank you, Guys............ no wonder I am confused. I am just looking to secure my data on a separate device in case of accidents and it looks like I can use Disk Utility to reconfigure if necessary.
Glad I asked, and thanks for being so ptient with me.

 

[frankmezz]

Thank you both for such thorough responses.

First, Pine Man, the whole problem is that I DONT keep ejecting the device. It is my MAC which keeps highlighting a message to say that it has not been ejected properly. This happens also when the iMAC might have been idle for several hours. I do habitually shut down the MAC over night which of course ejects the EHD as part of tha process. Where we live we are prone to flash power outages for a few seconds so maybe if one of those hits, the iMAC blips but the EHD cannot cope.

IWT, I agree the simple way would be to start afresh, but my concern is whether there is something which has been deleted which I later want to access so would search a back image. Maybe I have misunderstood the purpose of TM, noting your comment that TM is not supposed to be a backup storage system. My theory is that TM snapshots my system regularly so that in a sad event of iMAC failure I can reestablish my system (even on a fresh machine) with minimum concern, or maybe use TM to search for a back version of a file. I would be most interested to hear whether I have got that all wrong, and perhaps what I should be doing to protect my data.

I have 2 EHD that I alternate monthly (should I catch something that corrupts it all). I am also getting the error message that I didn’t eject a drive that hasn’t been connected for up to a month. Not just once but sometimes several times a day and then none for a week or more. The off line EHD is not powered when not being used as TM drive.

 

[pm-r]

I am also getting the error message that I didn’t eject a drive that hasn’t been connected for up to a month.

I guess that is a case for one to start considering Gremlins at work somehow...

It seems rather strange to me. Sorry I don't have any other ideas.

I assume there are no file sharing/backup wireless type apps or equipment involved or running???




- Patrick
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