Hello again Tony I’m very pleased to now have a partitioned area of my backup disk which I can use for extra storage as well as a Time Machine sector - Just what I wanted.
However, I still have a query which I’m sure you will be able to answer for me. On the My Passport for Mac Time Machine section it still says “Read-Only. Install Driver. “ I understand what read-only means but not in the context of Time Machine. Does it mean that some TM function is disabled until I enable write and read?? It was this statement that originally led me to installing Paragon’s Microsoft NTFS for Mac. In this respect I just don’t know what I’m doing! Phil > On 3 Feb 2021, at 18:50, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Time Machine can still use HFS+ formatted disks on Bug Sur, but with Big Sur > it can also use APFS and you should definitely go for that because a) It’s a > much better filing system in every way over HFS+ and b) It’s noticeably > quicker to do a Time Machine backup. > > Stephen > > You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > >> On 3 Feb 2021, at 10:57, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, Phil, >> >> Big Sur requires APFS formatted drives for Time Machine I believe. So best >> would be to use Disk Utility to reformat the WD drive as APFS and then >> select it as your Time Machine destination. This is exactly what I have done >> with our WD drive and I’ve got it portioned so that I can use the non-Time >> Machine portion for other purposes, e.g. a Photo App Library destination. >> >> -- >> Tony Crooks >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> +44 7428 706227 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/CAHkKbUAxC%2B9qTCSiw9LwtO_dDhkpOoXE-aW2N_81b_LrzrRkrg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/CAHkKbUAxC%2B9qTCSiw9LwtO_dDhkpOoXE-aW2N_81b_LrzrRkrg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/5426D663-A1AE-4F15-AD87-B2B8A72930E5%40icloud.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/5426D663-A1AE-4F15-AD87-B2B8A72930E5%40icloud.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/05867820-97B0-4582-ADE0-C4B6E8DC785E%40btinternet.com.
