time machine backup on external drive

[brisweeney]

hey all,

i was backing up my macbook nightly up until a few months ago but then stopped.

i want to wipe the external drive im using and start all over with fresh back ups. can anyone explain to me how i can do all this? i completely cant remember how i did it first time around!

thanks!

 

[jecapaga]

Easy. Erase the drive of whatever you don't want. In System Preferences>Time Machine setup your external as the Time Machine disk.