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Time machine backup

I was using a Samsung T5 portable SSD as my Time Machine backup (MacBook Pro 2016, Mac OS Big Sur 11.6). It was working, but now it says it's disconnected and nothing I do will reconnect it.

Posted on Sep 26, 2021 7:49 AM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Sep 26, 2021 7:59 AM

sukik192 wrote:

I was using a Samsung T5 portable SSD as my Time Machine backup (MacBook Pro 2016, Mac OS Big Sur 11.6). It was working, but now it says it's disconnected and nothing I do will reconnect it.

Sounds like the external drive has failed—

Trouble Shooting—

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/time-machine-troubleshooting-mh15653/mac

Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/20.0/mac/11.0

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