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I want to change the password for an external HD that I use for Time<Machine. The option to change it is grayed out in Disk Utility. Is there a reason why this is the case? Is there another method for changing it?
Thanks.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.5
My original password still works on the external drive. I simply cannot change it. Is this because of a limitation due to Big Sur? I think I read somewhere that Big Sur requires APFS to enable this feature, but I may be wrong. But there is no mention of this here:
Thanks.
I've tried clones, but TM is useful: you can look for a particular file across a spectrum of dates when it was saved. It's like a 3D model of your drive over time. Not sure that is possible with clones, which have no browsing mechanism, and hence reduces the search to hunt and peck. Am I wrong?
I should say that I use Box for my main backup and syncing across machines; it permits 100 versions to be saved. The mechanism is much the same as in TM: you pick a file and look across dates.
I think I stumbled on the answer. You can change passwords by unchecking and checking the Encrypt Time Machine Backup option under Time Machine/Options/select disk.
If the Time Machine Backup Drive was originally Encrypted and Password enabled - the only way AFAIK is to Erase the Entire Drive and start over or keep the present password.
You just may have. I should know this but never use Time Machine Backup. Use a different Backup Scheme. >> Clones every day.
Am very aware of the usefulness of TM and how it generally function - thank you for taking the time but does not fit my needs
change password option for external drive is grayed out in Disk Utility
