Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-01 Thread Bruce Rubin
I hope these two articles from Seagate and Apple helps. BTW, TM is for backups not archiving. Formatting a drive to be used with Time Machine: macOS requires that a drive be formatted with a specific file system to be used with Time Machine - For Big Sur use Apple File System (APFS) when

Re: Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:57 PM, William Spencer mailto:wspence...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi there: I’ve got Big Sur installed now, and I’m hoping to be able to use Time Machine to do my backing up rather than Carbon Copy Cloner, which is what I’ve been using for quite a while now. But I can’t see how

Time Machine configuration...?

2021-01-01 Thread William Spencer
Hi there: I’ve got Big Sur installed now, and I’m hoping to be able to use Time Machine to do my backing up rather than Carbon Copy Cloner, which is what I’ve been using for quite a while now. But I can’t see how to configure TM to do what I need. Here’s the setup: I have three physical HDs,