usb 3.0 format

how do i erase and format a usb 3.0 to use between imac and windows

Posted on Nov 24, 2019 8:33 PM

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Posted on Nov 24, 2019 8:37 PM

Use the Disk Utility or another tool to reformat it as FAT32 or exFAT. If you don't need to write to it from Mac OS X, or have software such as Paragon NTFS installed, you can also use NTFS.

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Nov 24, 2019 8:37 PM in response to jaynmike06

Use the Disk Utility or another tool to reformat it as FAT32 or exFAT. If you don't need to write to it from Mac OS X, or have software such as Paragon NTFS installed, you can also use NTFS.

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