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Photoman007

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Q: Is it best to format an external hard drive with apple software or the manufacturers software?

Is it best to format an external hard drive with apple software or the manufacturers software?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jul 15, 2015 3:53 PM

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Q: Is it best to format an external hard drive with apple software or the manufacturers software?

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by Csound1,

Csound1 Jul 15, 2015 3:54 PM in response to Photoman007
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Jul 15, 2015 3:54 PM in response to Photoman007

Use Disk Utility, the software provided by Apple. Do NOT use the manufacturers utilities.
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by Niel,

Niel Jul 15, 2015 3:55 PM in response to Photoman007
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Jul 15, 2015 3:55 PM in response to Photoman007

Unless it's network attached storage, including the Time Capsule's internal drive. The Disk Utility won't be able to see or format those drives.

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