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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1870131" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Time Machine, irrespective of the Operating System (OS) requires that you format the External Hard Drive (EHD), be it Spinner or SSD, as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled).</p><p></p><p><u>As a general rule your EHD should be 1.5-2 times the capacity of your Mac's Internal Hard Drive.</u></p><p></p><p>If you are contemplating a cloned BU such as Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) or SuperDuper! (SD!), then the requirements for an EHD are the same - 1.5-2 times the storage capacity of the Mac's Internal Hard Drive; but the format of the EHD depends on the Operating System of your Mac.</p><p></p><p>If it's macOS Mojave or later, then the cloning EHD should be formatted as APFS.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1870131, member: 83420"] Time Machine, irrespective of the Operating System (OS) requires that you format the External Hard Drive (EHD), be it Spinner or SSD, as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). [U]As a general rule your EHD should be 1.5-2 times the capacity of your Mac's Internal Hard Drive.[/U] If you are contemplating a cloned BU such as Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) or SuperDuper! (SD!), then the requirements for an EHD are the same - 1.5-2 times the storage capacity of the Mac's Internal Hard Drive; but the format of the EHD depends on the Operating System of your Mac. If it's macOS Mojave or later, then the cloning EHD should be formatted as APFS. Hope that helps. Ian [/QUOTE]
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