Sadly, WD’s KB web pages do NOT tell you which of the ten options to choose!Īfter trying all four “Mac OS Extended” options without success, I appealed to WD’s tech support directly (since no WD technicians contribute to this online support forum). The ex-FAT file system is best for formatting WD My Passport on Mac. There are four “Mac OS Extended” to choose from as well as four “APFS” and one “ExFAT” and one "MS-DOS (FAT). In the Erase dialog window, select the Volume Format drop-down list and choose APFS (native filesystem), or ‘MS-DOS (FAT)’ or ex-FAT. Whether you use Disk Utility or WD’d Drive Utility, the key step to take is that you choose the correct file system in the “Format” drop-down options window. I hope WD will put both approaches on one Knowledge Base page to clarify the options. Oh, how I wish WD would look into clarifying what it puts on its website.įirst of all, there are two way to format to Mac: use Disk Utility or WD’s Utility Drive download. I’ve finally found the way to format a Windoze-platform My Book to the Mac platform. Rename the drive, reset its file system to FAT32 or exFAT.
How to format wd easystore for mac mac os#
The backup disk is not in Mac OS Extended (Journaled_ format, which is required.”Įxactly what is a Mac user to do to properly format a Windows-formatted external hard drive? Open Windows File Explorer, locate and right-click on WD My Passport that you need to format, select 'Format'. > Operation failed…Īs soon as that error message appeared, I got a similar error message from Time Machine saying “Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to ‘My Book’. The details read: Unmounting disk > Couldn’t unmount disk. Here’s what it said: Erasing “My Book” and Creating “My Book Backups” Erase process has failed. (Unfortunately, WD apparently doesn’t permit us to attach a screenshot to these posts sorry for my description of what was revealed).
How to format wd easystore for mac for mac#
To format Western Digital My Passport for Mac or Windows, you can rely on in-built applications of your system to format your WD My Passport in exFAT or FAT32 format. Step 2: Format and wipe WD My Passport portable hard drive. Here’s what I did: Using Disk Utility, I changed the name from “My Book” to “My Boob Backups” I immediately got an error message. Then click to choose Wipe Hard Drive mode to format/wipe the WD My Passport portable hard drive on your Mac. Wish the web page suggested which option to select it simply states “Select” without suggesting what each selection enables. I chose “Max Extended Journaled” for the Erase process, however, maybe I should have picked a different format option. It doesn’t tell us which option in the drop-down format field to choose.
The instructions on the WD “Format for Mac” page, when followed, didn’t work.
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