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Drive Formatting #53647 03/13/20 03:10 PM
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OP MG2009 Joined: Aug 2009	I have a iMac desktop with a SSD (not Fusion) and want to do a Time Machine backup on an external (regular) HDD. Should Disk Utility be used to erase/format the HDD in APFS or the "old school" JOURNALED-EXTENDED? Many thanks, MG2009

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Drive Formatting	MG2009	03/13/20 03:10 PM
Re: Drive Formatting	jchuzi	03/13/20 03:15 PM
Re: Drive Formatting	MG2009	03/13/20 04:52 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	MG2009	03/14/20 04:20 AM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	jchuzi	03/14/20 10:34 AM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	MG2009	03/14/20 04:33 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	jchuzi	03/14/20 05:30 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	MG2009	03/14/20 06:31 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	jchuzi	03/14/20 08:17 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	joemikeb	03/15/20 02:07 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	artie505	03/15/20 10:12 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	MG2009	03/15/20 10:31 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	joemikeb	03/16/20 01:35 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	MG2009	03/16/20 04:52 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	joemikeb	03/16/20 11:13 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	MG2009	03/16/20 11:26 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	joemikeb	03/16/20 11:57 PM
Re: Drive Formatting in Sleep Mode	MG2009	03/18/20 03:37 PM

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