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    From Peter James@peterf@gmail.com to uk.comp.sys.mac on Wed Sep 17 18:28:41 2025
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    I'm using a MacBook laptop for which I purchased an external drive, a Crucial X8 of 1TB capacity.

    Every time I try to back up to the external disc, the software reports that
    the crucial X8 is not available.
    The disc shows up in disc utilities and is partitioned to format AFPS.
    I feel I must be doing something very wrong, but I'm unable to identify it.
    Any help greatly appreciated

    Peter
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  • From Chris@ithinkiam@gmail.com to uk.comp.sys.mac on Wed Sep 17 20:50:18 2025
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    Peter James <peterf@gmail.com> wrote:
    I'm using a MacBook laptop for which I purchased an external drive, a Crucial X8 of 1TB capacity.

    Every time I try to back up to the external disc, the software reports that the crucial X8 is not available.
    The disc shows up in disc utilities and is partitioned to format AFPS.
    I feel I must be doing something very wrong, but I'm unable to identify it. Any help greatly appreciated

    Is this for Time Machine? If so you need to make your drive a TM target
    before it'll work.
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/104984

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  • From Bernd Froehlich@befr@eaglesoft.de to uk.comp.sys.mac on Thu Sep 18 07:04:59 2025
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    On 17. Sep 2025 at 20:28:41 CEST, "Peter James" <peterf@gmail.com> wrote:

    Every time I try to back up to the external disc, the software reports that the crucial X8 is not available.

    Which Software? Time Machine or something else?
    Where is it plugged in? Directly into the Mac or into some dock?
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  • From Peter James@peterf@gmail.com to uk.comp.sys.mac on Thu Sep 18 09:46:03 2025
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    On 17 Sep 2025 at 21:50:18 BST, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

    Peter James <peterf@gmail.com> wrote:
    I'm using a MacBook laptop for which I purchased an external drive, a Crucial
    X8 of 1TB capacity.

    Every time I try to back up to the external disc, the software reports that >> the crucial X8 is not available.
    The disc shows up in disc utilities and is partitioned to format AFPS.
    I feel I must be doing something very wrong, but I'm unable to identify it. >> Any help greatly appreciated

    Is this for Time Machine? If so you need to make your drive a TM target before it'll work.
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/104984

    Many thanks, and thank you for posting the Apple support link. That worked to treat.
    Thank you again,
    Peter
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