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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1644944" data-attributes="member: 234411">Hi Steve - I have plugged in my Seagate external HD which does my Time Machine BU of my MBPro - opened Disk Utility and then selected the volume on the external HD (just has one partition) - see the attached screen capture; select 'Erase' at the top menu which should show the format of the drive or volume - noticed mine is 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' - if yours is labeled FAT32, then hit the drop down box (blue arrow) and reformat your HD the same as mine - Time Machine (TM) can only work w/ a Mac formatted HD - once done, you can open TM and should be asked whether to use your Seagate drive for the BU.&nbsp; Let us know if this helps - Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.[ATTACH=full]21938[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1644944, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Steve[/B] - I have plugged in my Seagate external HD which does my Time Machine BU of my MBPro - opened Disk Utility and then selected the volume on the external HD (just has one partition) - see the attached screen capture; select 'Erase' at the top menu which should show the format of the drive or volume - noticed mine is 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' - if yours is labeled FAT32, then hit the drop down box (blue arrow) and reformat your HD the same as mine - Time Machine (TM) can only work w/ a Mac formatted HD - once done, you can open TM and should be asked whether to use your Seagate drive for the BU. Let us know if this helps - Dave :) . [ATTACH=full]21938[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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