Ignore Time Machine Drive

[mklass]

Can anyone tell me how to put a PMIgestIgnore folder on an existing Mac Time Machine drive? I doesn't seem possible to copy or create anything on that drive manually, and I would prefer not to lose my existing backups. The drive is a WD Passport connected via a USB port to my MacBook Pro. (Mac Monterey 12.5.1)

[ahoward]

Open Terminal and navigate to the root of the drive, then enter the following:

sudo touch .PMIngestIgnore

Press enter. Enter your password if asked.

Let me know if that doesn't work.

[mklass]

After I figured out how to get to that drive in terminal, it worked.

Thanks!