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Dec 16, 2018 Similar to USB, you can format any of the individual partition on the hard drive like C:, D:, etc. Formatting USB Drive on Mac. Insert the USB drive on your Mac and follow the below instructions to format. Press “Command + Spacebar” to open Spotlight Search box and type “disk utility”.
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Disk Utility User Guide
In Disk Utility on your Mac, you can format an external disk for a Windows computer.
WARNING: Formatting a disk or volume erases all the files on it. Save any files you need to another volume before formatting.
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- In the Disk Utility app on your Mac, choose View > Show All Devices.
- In the sidebar, select the disk you want to format to use with Windows computers.
- Click the Erase button .
- Click the Scheme pop-up menu, then choose Master Boot Record.
- Click the Format pop-up menu, then choose one of the following:
- MS-DOS (FAT): Choose this format if the size of the disk is 32 GB or less.
- ExFAT: Choose this format if the size of the disk is over 32 GB.
- Enter a name for the volume.The maximum length for the volume name is 11 characters.
- Click Erase, then click Done.
You can also partition a disk using the Master Boot Record partition layout, which is compatible with Windows.
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