johnsingh07 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Hey i finally got leopard but the thing is ... whenever i put in my external 500Gb Hard drive it shows on the desktop but Time Machine won't let me use it?! When i select Choose back up drive it doesn't show up:( is this due to the fact that its volume format is UNIX File System (UFS)? if so what would you guys recommend ? THANK YOU!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactobacillus P Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Of course it has to do with the fact that it is in a unix filesystem. It will only work when the drive is hfs, perhaps fat32, but HFS for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Hey i finally got leopard but the thing is ... whenever i put in my external 500Gb Hard drive it shows on the desktop but Time Machine won't let me use it?! When i select Choose back up drive it doesn't show up:( is this due to the fact that its volume format is UNIX File System (UFS)? if so what would you guys recommend ? THANK YOU!!!! . . from Apple's Time Machine page: (my emphasis) Pick a disk. Any disk. You can designate just about any HFS+ formatted FireWire or USB drive connected to a Mac as a Time Machine backup drive. Time Machine can also back up to another Mac running Leopard with Personal File Sharing, Leopard Server, or Xsan storage devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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