how to format usb drive for asus time machine

'I have a requirement as household IT lackey to have a reliable and persistent (i.e. What's the smartest way to solve the problem of: I have a plethora of 1-2 TB drives laying around. Can you not implement a simple (feature lean) private file share for anyone/thing connected to the network? For anyone reading this, what's the next simplest thing I might do here? I don't like running PC's all the time to support a file share.

You may need to set up Time Machine again, so open System Preferences > Time Machine. Then, go to Erase tab and erase the drive. Open Disk Utility (in /Applications/Utilites) and choose your external drive in the sidebar. It helped the family drop things for each other immensely. If you want and you dont need the data of your old backups, you can format the external drive. I replaced a lot of that with a passport drive plugged into my Asus. I used to operate a NAS, network shares, drive cages, etc. I'm happy with the simplicity of this system as well as it's looks and user friendliness, but pulling up short of managing a simple storage medium in the network seems a bit bush league. I ripped out a pair of well functioning but WAF-disapproved Asus RT-66s. But I was really kind of shocked that this next gen tech can make no use of a USB drive. I can't complain about feeling shorted my eero kit was free.

How to format usb drive for asus time machine