I have a 1 TB thumb drive which I use for Time Machine on my M2 Mac book pro (the computer has a 2TB ssd drive and there is more than 1.5TB available).
The thumb drive worked fine Time Machine backups for over a year but since February it doesn¡¯t complete the backup and ejects the disk (not physically) and I get a message that essentially says the disk was ejected improperly. If I remove the drive and reinsert it and start Time Machine backup again, the same thing happens.
There are about 300GB available on the thumb drive. Isn¡¯t Time Machine supposed to delete the oldest backup when space is needed for the latest backup?
Is the thumb drive at fault or is Time Machine not functioning properly?
Should I reformat the Thumb drive and start over? Or should I replace the thumb drive? Or using disk utility run first aid?
If I replace the drive should I get an ssd drive or a mechanical drive. Is a 1tb drive sufficient for Time Machine on my computer?
Lots of questions. Hope someone has answers.
TIA
Harry
