Compared to operating systems Windows, where FORMAT An HDD is done by a single click-right on the partition external hard or a USB stickto (flash drive) si click “Format“, on operating systems OS X, we must use a utility of the OS X system.
application Disk Utility It helps us to administer everything that means storage on a poppy. Including Mac hard disk.
How To Format an External Hard Disk / USB Stick on OS X
Formatting is done following a few simple steps:
1. We connect the external hard drive via USB to Mac.
2. We open the Disk Utility application
3. We select the HDD that we want to format or distribute. (Very big attention not to select another hard drive from the mistake)
4. We go to the tab “Erase” > We select in which format we want to transform the volume of HDD
5. Click > “Erase…”.
