For business owners who love using external USB devices such as portable hard drives, digital cameras and media players to transfer content to and from a Mac. Format USB on Mac using Disk Utility. Connect the USB Drive to your Mac. (This is obvious we need a USB first, then only we can format it ? ) Now we need to open Disk Utility. (Here I will give you one more tip. To open any program in your Mac just press the command + spacebar.
Part 1: Format USB Flash Drive to Windows NT File System (NTFS) 1. Insert the USB flash drive you prepare to use into Windows computer. Backup data on USB drive to another safe location. Right click the USB flash drive in computer and choose ' Format' from context menu. In following Format dialog, scroll the File system and choose NTFS. Check or not check Quick Format and click Start button (Windows 7).
Wait for USB flash drive formatted successfully. Part 2: Erase and Format USB Drive to on Mac How to erase and format a USB drive on Mac using Disk Utility? Plug the USB flash drive into Mac and backup USB data. Search disk utility from menu bar, or open Finder Applications Utilities, and choose Disk Utility to click and open.
Select the connected USB flash drive from the left pane of Disk Utility window. Click Erase on top tool bar. Choose the Format MS-DOS (FAT) and click Erase on pop-up dialog.
Erase process is complete. USB drive has been formatted successfully and all the data are erased. Related Articles:.
How to Format the USB device to other file system In order to use the USB storage device for this update, it must be reformatted to the FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, or exFAT File System. WARNING: Formatting the USB device will delete all content on the device.
Follow these steps to reformat the USB Device. Note: These steps may vary by operating system. To format a USB stick to FAT with Windows OS, follow these instructions:. Connect the USB Device to the computer. Click Start and then click My Computer.
In the My Computer window, right-click on the drive icon in which the USB device appears. From the menu, click Format.
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In the FORMAT device name (drive letter) window, under File system, click the drop-down arrow and select FAT32 and then click the Start button. At the WARNING. Message, click OK to continue. IMPORTANT: Formatting will delete all content on the storaged device.
At the Format Complete message, click OK. Click the Close button to close the FORMAT device name (drive letter) window. Click the X in the top-right to close the My Computer window. To format a USB stick to FAT with Mac OS:. Connect the USB Device to the computer. Open Disk Utility.
Click to select the USB Device in the left panel. Click to change to the Erase tab.
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In the Volume Format: selection box, click MS-DOS File System. Click Erase button. At the confirmation dialog, click the Erase button. Close the Disk Utility window.