You can now rename the drive easily to anything you like. STEP 7: After clicking Erase on the prior step you are greeted with this popup. STEP 6: After selecting the proper drive click the “ Erase” button at the top of this same view. If you purchased a WD drive it will say Western Digital or WD for example. As you can see below the new drive in my case is called Seagate Expansion. Usually, it has the name of the brand on the drive. Click on the new hard drive you just installed. STEP 5: You are now presented with the Apple Mac Disk Utility Tool. Click on the Disk Utilities Icon (Disk Utilities left) STEP 4: Start Typing “ Disk” and “ Disk Utilities” will come up. STEP 3: Click on the Launchpad Icon from the Task Bar (the Rocketship icon)
Preinstalled Files we don’t need for Mac OS Mojave Let me show you how to format this drive properly for Mac. This is usually the case for any Windows drive because it comes with free software we don’t even need. If you double click inside the drive you see files already in the drive. Once you have the hard drive plugged in you can see it come up on the Desktop New Drive appears on the desktop USB 3.0 is faster to transfer files but it’s not a big deal. It doesn’t matter either way for storage usage. If your cable is plain black it could be a USB 2.0-speed drive. The blue color denotes that this hard drive is USB 3.0 Speed.
STEP 2: Plug the blue USB connection (below) into a free port on the computer. STEP 1: Unbox the hard drive and plug this side of the cable into the hard drive. How to format any drive to work with an Apple Mac in 8 Easy Steps The great news is we can re-format the disk to work for mac in 8 easy steps listed below. This means the disk is pre-formatted so you can plug it into a PC and it will just work fine. There’s no mention of Apple anywhere on the side. One the side of the box it says “Compatible with Windows”. I just purchased a Seagate 2TB Expansion drive from a local office supplies store. No Mention of Mac Compatibility on the Box? No Problems! Whatever is the least expensive with the biggest capacity is the one I will get. Usually, but not always I get great deals on Western Digital Drives or Seagate external hard drives. Me personally, I shop based on hard disk drive size and price. I’ve even heard sales staff in shops try to up-sell a more expensive hard drive to customers because they used an Apple Mac. You can easily format the drive in a few simple steps that I will show you. The great news is it does not matter which brand you buy.
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