![]() ![]() To learn how to use Time Machine please read How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support. Provided you have been using it according to Apple's documentation change nothing about it. Time Machine works the same way it always has. In other words it won't convey any advantage. You can, for example, format your contemplated USB-C or TB hard disk drive to APFS, but you won't be able to use it as a Time Machine backup device, and it won't be readable to any operating system earlier than High Sierra. If it does not do that, don't do it, unless of course you are just morbidly curious. The macOS installer will convert only eligible Mac startup drives to APFS on its own. If above listed methods all fail to fix your uninitialized external hard drive on mac, maybe it is time to format it. What is the best format to chose for an external hard drive?ġ) You should only format a hard drive in APFS if it is a SSDĢ) A SSD drive only takes advantage of the APFS formatģ) The current APFS format has issues doing Time Machine back ups… so stay with Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
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