The Mac versions of My Passport cost a little more than their Windows equivalents. More precisely, the list price is $10 more for the 2TB, 4TB, and 5TB capacities, with the higher price justified. Aug 29, 2015 Now, from the left column select 1 TB WD My Passport (or whatever your hard drive name is), and click on the Erase tab. From here, in Format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
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Drive Partition and Format - El Capitan or Later
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My Passport For Mac Instructions
- Open Disk Utility in the Utilities' folder.
- After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with 1TB WD Passport...) from the side list.
- Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility toolbar. A panel should drop down.
- In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID. Set the Format type to APFS (SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
- Click on the Apply button and click on the Done button when it is activated.
- Quit Disk Utility.
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Reformat Wd Drive For Mac
- Nov 21, 2019 Use Disk Utility to Format WD My Passport for Your Mac. As stated above, ensure you have a backup of your WD My Passport before you begin the process below. You’ll be using Disk Utility in order to format your WD My Passport on your Mac.
- Make sure you tick the checkboxes “Hard Disks” and “External Disks.”. Your WD My Mac Passport drive should now be running on your screen. Launch Disk Utility. You can find disk utility by clicking on the spotlight search button, then type “Disk Utility”. Highlight “Disk Utility”, then double-click it.
- Inside, the WD My Passport sports 5400 rpm platters, which delivers decent transfer speed thanks to the USB 3.2 support. The Performance. WD My Passport is compatible with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. It can also be used on other operating systems, but you have to reformat it from the native NTFS format to one appropriate for the new OS.