Are you trying to make a backup file on Mac OS X El Capitan? We are here to help you out! Today we are going to share how to backup Macbook using the Time Machine that is installed on Mac OS X El Capitan. Only thing you need to make a backup file is an external hard drive. If you are ready to back up, let’s do it!
Oct 25, 2015 Ah, the explanation is El Capitan. The view menu was added to Disk Utility in High Sierra, and doesn't exist in El Capitan Disk Utility. If you have a device with only the one partition, such as your Forterra volume, you could just erase that volume. I see you have almost nothing stored in that volume, so you could try that as a test, if you like. Purchased a new WD drive on the weekend with the intention of using it as a time machine & general drive. I was able to connect the drive & reformat to Mac HFS with extended journaling. However, when I try to select the create partition option in disk utility the option is greyed out & cannot be selected. The drive can be used & accessed & even works as a time machine backup, however a.
Step 01. Connect your external hard drive to Mac computer. (Note. When backing up on Mac, it uses whole capacity of your external hard drive. which means, if you have important files on the external hard drive, don’t use that hard drive. You need an empty external hard drive that’s going to be used for your macbook only.)
Step 02. Once your external hard drive is connected, your Mac will ask you to use the external hard drive as a back-up device. Click on Use as Backup Disk button.
Step 03. When it’s asking you to format the external hard drive, click on Erase. (Note. If you have important files on the external hard drive, please be careful.)
Step 04. Mac will start to make a backup file after 2 minutes. It takes some time to back up (Depends on the size of your data). Hope it helps!