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FORMATING WD PORTBLE HDD FOR MAC MAC

Due to some limitations FAT32 format is not useful for every type of user, and also affects both Mac’s and PC’s performances.There are specific third-party systems, like Digital Camcorders, and Sony PlayStation 3, which need the drives to be formatted in either FAT32 or ex-FAT format to perform read from and write operation.

FORMATING WD PORTBLE HDD FOR MAC MAC

Format your Western Digital My Passport external hard drive to FAT32 or ex-FAT format so to transfer the data between a Mac and Windows system conveniently.Tips for Effective Formatting Wd Smartware Mac Format Once formatting is done, you can use the drive in macOS or OS X as a regular hard drive.Now, click the ‘Erase,’ button and wait a few minutes and let the macOS erase data on the drive and reformat it by FAT32 or ex-FAT format.Now, the Erase dialogue window appears, here select the ‘Volume Format’ drop-down list and choose ‘MS-DOS (FAT)’ or ex-FAT File System.’ Note: ex-FAT is a better choice for formatting WD My Passport on Mac.

Click ‘Erase’ on the Disk Utility file menu.

When the Disk Utility opens, choose the Western Digital hard drive icon from the sidebar.

From the Utilities folder window, select ‘Disk Utility’ application. When the Finder window opens, on the menu bar, select ‘Go’ and then ‘Utilities.’ After that, you will be able to see /Applications/Utilities folder in Finder. Now, a new hard drive icon will appear on the desktop.

Connect your Western Digital My Passport drive to Mac computer, and let the OS detect and mount the drive for use.