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Formatting an EHD to APFS

Hi--

I'm trying to format an EHD for APFS. I don't get the APFS or GUID option. I tried this (see below) as mentioned in another thread, but maybe I'm understanding the directions wrong. Can someone show a screenshot?

Yes, I did. In the meantime I found out that the APFS option only shows up when you select the parental drive in Disk utility (select View all drives in the View menu first, or press Apple-2 = CMD-2, then select the drive, then Erase).


Most online advices don't mention that trick, and without knowing that the option may never show.

Posted on Dec 20, 2022 11:53 AM

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Posted on Jul 8, 2023 4:41 PM

NancyEE wrote:

Hi--
I'm trying to format an EHD for APFS. I don't get the APFS or GUID option. I tried this (see below) as mentioned in another thread, but maybe I'm understanding the directions wrong. Can someone show a screenshot?

I found out that the APFS option only shows up when you select the parental drive in Disk utility




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Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

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


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Jul 8, 2023 4:41 PM in response to NancyEE

NancyEE wrote:

Hi--
I'm trying to format an EHD for APFS. I don't get the APFS or GUID option. I tried this (see below) as mentioned in another thread, but maybe I'm understanding the directions wrong. Can someone show a screenshot?

I found out that the APFS option only shows up when you select the parental drive in Disk utility




?



Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

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


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Formatting an EHD to APFS

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