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format an external hd

Can I format a Toshiba external hard drive to use on a mac?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 10, 2020 1:34 PM

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Posted on Dec 10, 2020 1:46 PM

Yes. Use Disk Utility to do the formatting and do so at the device level.

Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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