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Posted on Jul 31, 2022 12:53 PM

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Posted on Jul 31, 2022 2:43 PM

just about any manufacturer's external drives will work with a Mac. just don't use any pre-installed software from the manufacturer that supposedly makes a drive "Mac ready". also don't install any such software on the drive yourself. wth any external drive, you will want to use Disk Utility to erase and format the drive before putting it into service.


please see these apple support pages:


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


File system formats available in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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Jul 31, 2022 2:43 PM in response to Johnny C.appleseed

just about any manufacturer's external drives will work with a Mac. just don't use any pre-installed software from the manufacturer that supposedly makes a drive "Mac ready". also don't install any such software on the drive yourself. wth any external drive, you will want to use Disk Utility to erase and format the drive before putting it into service.


please see these apple support pages:


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


File system formats available in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

can I use this on a Mac with big sur

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