In Disk Utility, select the external drive and then the tease tab. You should then be able to erase the disk.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jul 11, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Eleanor Martha Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I erase the disk? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <[email protected]> > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 9:15 PM > Subject: Re: Backing-Up To External Hard Drive > > >> If you have a backup already on it, you will have to erase the disk first >> then. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, [email protected] >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> On Jul 11, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Eleanor Martha Burke >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What about the current back-up John, does it get over-ridden? I do not >>> want to keep it. No time machine did not come up when I plugged in the >>> disk, I wonder why this is. >>> >>> Eleanor >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 8:59 PM >>> Subject: Re: Backing-Up To External Hard Drive >>> >>> >>>> When you plug the external drive into your Mac, you should be prompted if >>>> you want to use it as a Time Machine backup. Remember that Time Machine >>>> erases all data from a partition, so if you have data on the drive, be >>>> aware of that fact. >>>> >>>> If Time Machine doesn't come up, go into System Preferences and choose, >>>> Time Machine. You will then select, Change Disk, and pick your external >>>> drive from the table. Once you do this, navigate to, Choose disk, and the >>>> process should begin shortly after that. >>>> >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Director >>>> Mac for the Blind >>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>>> Email, [email protected] >>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>> >>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>> >>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 11, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Eleanor Martha Burke >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I would like to do a back-up to my external hard drive, I know it is done >>>>> through time machine. 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