New Backup External HD

[Paul in Saudi]

Here I am again with an easy question for you all.

I am using a MacBook Pro with all the latest updates. The other day I noticed my external backup HD died so today I got a new one. I plugged it in and appeared on the desktop. I cannot do much with it as I can read only, a permissions problem. So I clicked on the icon and a file told me that to use Time Machine I have to reformat the HD from NTFS to HFS+.

How do I do that?

 

[Paul in Saudi]

Open Application
Open Utilities
Start "Disk Utility"
Select disk
Hit erase
(many scary things seem to happen)
Done

Thank you all.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello again.

Sorry we didn't get to you sooner, but glad you found the correct steps to resolve your question.

Be well,

C