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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.After successful formatting, you can directly save or move files to it like any other external hard drive.

Now, again select a ‘Quick Format’ option, then click ‘Start’ option, wait for a few minutes to get your drive reformatted with the FAT32 file system, so that you can use it.

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Click the Western Digital End User License Agreement link and read the agreement.Ħ.

FORMAT MYBOOK FOR MAC NTFS UPDATE

For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update or App Store. Your My Book drive and the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software are compatible. In the box: Western Digital WDBEKS0020HBK My Book for Mac 2TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - (Mac Formatted) USB Cable AC Adapter.

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Mac OS X 10.6.5 or later Windows XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7 (requires reformatting) Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user's hardware configuration and operating system. Western Digital WDBYCC0020HBK My Book for Mac 2TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive - (Mac Formatted) Condition Factory Reconditioned Quantity 1 2 3 Limit 3 per customer.

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WARNING:Formatting the drive will erase all data on the drive, so you should copy any data you want off the drive prior to formatting.WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 - WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN,Black 4.2 out of 5 stars 3,598 WD 4TB My Passport for Mac Portable External Hard Drive - Blue, USB-C/USB-A. Set Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Check step 2 to confirm Disk Utility is Showing All Devices. NOTE: If you don’t see Scheme, then make sure that all devices are showing and the non-indented entry is selected.

Select the non-indented entry, you will see Media in the nameĬlick the button labelled Erase in the menu which will bring up this window.

Click View in the upper left and select Show All Devices.

To open Disk Utility - Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility IMPORTANT: Reformatting the drive will erase all data on the drive, so you should copy any data you want off the drive prior to formatting. If you need to go between macOS and Windows then format your drive ExFAT on macOS

Mac OS Extended (Journaled) does not work natively with Windows.

Starting with Big Sur, Mac OS Extended (Journaled) is no longer the default when using Time Machine.

It is important to keep the following in mind when formatting Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Not sure what version you are using? Click here to determine your version of macOS IMPORTANT: This article applies to the following macOS versions: