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

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

Posted on Jul 15, 2015 3:53 PM

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

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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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