APFS does not appear in Disk Utility format pull down menu when attempting to reformat Samsung Portable SSD T5
I have seen several replies to similar questions, but none have resolved my issue. Mac OS 10.15.2 Catalina on mid 2019 MacBookPro.
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro15,2
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: 1037.60.58.0.0 (iBridge: 17.16.12551.0.0,0)
Serial Number (system): ––––––––––––––
Hardware UUID: ––––––––––––
Activation Lock Status: Disabled
Portable SSD T5:
Product ID: 0x61f5
Vendor ID: 0x04e8 (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Version: 1.00
Serial Number: ––––––––––––
Speed: Up to 10 Gb/s
Manufacturer: Samsung
Location ID: 0x00200000 / 1
Current Available (mA): 900
Current Required (mA): 896
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
Media:
Portable SSD T5:
Capacity: 1 TB (1,000,204,886,016 bytes)
Removable Media: No
BSD Name: disk2
Logical Unit: 0
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
USB Interface: 0
Volumes:
disk2s1:
Capacity: 32 KB (32,256 bytes)
BSD Name: disk2s1
Content: Apple_partition_map
t5•1:
Capacity: 500.04 GB (500,035,317,760 bytes)
Free: 499.37 GB (499,371,655,168 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk2s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/t5•1 1
Content: Apple_HFS
Volume UUID: –––––––––
t5•2:
Capacity: 500.04 GB (500,035,317,760 bytes)
Free: 499.59 GB (499,587,239,936 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk2s4
Mount Point: /Volumes/t5•2
Content: Apple_HFS
Volume UUID: –––––––––––––
