![]() ![]() ![]() When I got home and tried to run "restore from time machine", I encountered the issue where the time machine external drive was not mounted. I had my machine returned from Apple after getting it fixed for a separate issue (new display) and had asked for a fresh osx install as well. It's just that Disk Utility isn't letting me reformat. How can I reformat the drive? If I can't recover the contents, then I'm fine with reformatting. The post said it only worked for ExFAT drives, but I still tried it. In Terminal right after attempting to mount using Disk Utility. I also tried searching the error code 49218, and Apple Developer forums told me to input So seeing as the drive is "corrupted," I tried to reformat it using Disk Utility. So I tried running First Aid on it, and it still returns an error: Plugged it in directly to the TB3 port using the appropriate cable, and still nothing. When I plugged it into my MacBook Pro (2019, 13", 2 TB3, macOS 12.5) via a USB-C Hub today, the TM partition did not show up. Yesterday, I was able to perform a TM backup but stopped it at "Cleaning up (or something along those lines)." Ejected and removed it after. I've had a 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim for more than a year now, and it's been partitioned 3/4 as an ExFAT drive and 1/4 as an APFS Time Machine drive. Unable to mount and erase Time Machine partition on external drive Hello. ![]()
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