Time machine MacBook Air

WD External and Portable SSD My Passport Wireless SSD
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I purchased a my passport wireless today. I am running a MacBook Air OS 10.12.5 (16F73)

When I went to look for the hard drive through time machine - it was not to be seen

I can however see if using finder.

Clearly Im missing something …ahhem a hard rive to access fro backups

Does the WD Wirless back up using Time Machine via the wireless connection. If so how?

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See the dedicated My Passport Wireless subforum. This subforum is generally for the single bay/single drive My Cloud devices which are different from the My Password Wireless device.

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Default drive format for the MPW Pro is ExFAT. Try reformatting it to HFS+J on your Mac if you wish to use it for Time Machine backup: Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support

Nevertheless, I recommend using a dedicated My Passport drive for TimeMachine backup to keep your backups separate if you plan to still use your MPW Pro for other purposes.