WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 4TB FOR MAC FOR MAC
WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 4TB FOR MAC PORTABLE

The corruption chances of the external drive increases, if it is used on both Mac and PC systems regularly.

Like FAT32, ex-FAT is not a very commonly used file system, due to which its support may vary among third-party devices.

Ex-FAT supports maximum volume size up to 128 PiB, and its supported maximum file size is 128 PiB.

WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 4TB FOR MAC FOR MAC

Compatible with USB-C and USB-A, the My Passport for Mac drive comes equipped to connect with todays latest technology.

WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 4TB FOR MAC PORTABLE

The My Passport for Mac drive is trusted, portable storage that perfectly complements your on-the-go lifestyle. Therefore, it is better to choose ex-FAT instead. Western Digital 4TB WD My Passport for Mac External Hard Drive Every journey needs a passport. Due to some limitations FAT32 format is not useful for every type of user, and also affects both MacвЂ™s and PCвЂ™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.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 Western Digital My Passport 4tb Macbook Pro Western Digital My Passport 4tb Mac External Once formatting is done, you can use the drive in macOS or OS X as a regular hard drive.Now, click the вЂErase,вЂ™ 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 вЂVolume FormatвЂ™ drop-down list and choose вЂMS-DOS (FAT)вЂ™ or ex-FAT File System.вЂ™ Note: ex-FAT is a better choice for formatting WD My Passport on Mac. Click вЂEraseвЂ™ 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 вЂDisk UtilityвЂ™ application. When the Finder window opens, on the menu bar, select вЂGoвЂ™ and then вЂUtilities.вЂ™ 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 вЂQuick FormatвЂ™ option, then click вЂStartвЂ™ 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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