- Format An External Hard Drive For Mac El Capitan 10
- Format An External Hard Drive For Mac El Capitan Mac
- Format External Hard Drive Mac El Capitan
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Formatting an external disk or flash drive in macOS Sierra is little different that formatting it in Mavericks and lower versions of OS X. Disk Utility was changed with the release of OS X El Capitan. To reformat the drive in Mac OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra. WD External Drives. External Drives for Mac. 2015-10-15 01:31:02 UTC #1. I am also having problems with El Capitan and WD My Book. Are you certain they relate to El Capitan and not a coincidental hard drive failure? Are you able to share the exact model of your hard drive since there are many WD Book family members? More information. Feb 08, 2020 How to Partition an External Hard Drive on Mac. If you want to create multiple partitions on your external hard drive (in fact, you should for better file organization), here’s a step-by-step guide: Step 1: Highlight your drive and click “Partition” in Disk Utility. Open the Disk Utility app and highlight your external hard drive.
Step 01. Shut Down your Mac.
Step 02. Press and Hold the Command + R keys at the same time and Turn your Macbook on while holding down the Command + R keys.
Step 03. Release all keys when the Apple logo appears on the screen.
Step 04. Click on the Wi-Fi signal icon which is located in the right side top corner. Connect to the network to download El-Capitan operating system software.
Step 05. Now we are going to format a hard drive. Select Disk Utility and click on Continue.
Step 06. Select your hard drive and then click on Erase. It will ask you to format the hard drive to confirm. Click Yes.
Format An External Hard Drive For Mac El Capitan 10
Step 07. Ccleaner pour mac os mojave. Click on Done button when it’s done. Close the Disk utility windows and go back to the recovery mode.
Format An External Hard Drive For Mac El Capitan Mac
Step 08. Now we are going to install Mac OS X El Capitan. Select Reinstall OS X in the Recovery Mode.
Step 09. Click Continue when the OS X installer comes up. It will ask to select Agree or Disagree few times. Click on Agree or Continue on all selections.
Step 10. When the installing process is done, you need to configure settings. Now it’s done!
Format External Hard Drive Mac El Capitan
FYI......2 UPDATES since I posted this question:
1. Drobo has UPDATED their FIRMWARE to now allow for 64 TB 'Beyond RAID' Drobos. So, their original 16 TB limit has now been superseded by their new Limit of 64 TB. Also, note that, when using a Drobo, Apple's Mac OS does not properly show the 'Drive Space' and the 'Free Space,' if the Drobo exceeds 16 TB in size; but, the Drobo DashBoard Application does show the Correct Numbers. For example, my Drobo 5D contains 5, 8 TB Drives, for a Total Beyond RAID Size of 40 TB (in theory, since most of us should know, by now, that the ACTUAL SIZE IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE THEORETICAL SIZE). The ACTUAL SIZE AVAILABLE FOR USE IS ONLY 28.9 TB. Thus, 40 - 28.9 = 11.1 TB gets used-up for the Beyond RAID PROTECTION and the difference between ACTUAL SPACE versus THEORETICAL SPACE. THIS IS NORMAL because any RAID 5 Device always uses about 1 Hard Drive Size for its Protection. So, knowing this fact, the DeskTop Icon should be showing the Drive Space as 28.9 TB and the Free Space as whatever is not yet used. However, instead, the Mac OS shows the Drive Space as 70.37 TB and the Free Space as 68.37 TB, which are both incorrect. Although I would love it if the Mac OS was magically increasing my Hard Drive Space, in fact, both numbers are false. Drobo knows this and Apple does not, from my discussions with both. So, between the two companies, I hope this problem can be fixed.
2. After many hours on the telephone with Apple Support, going through no less than 6 people, including 2 Senior Advisors, NONE OF THEM COULD ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWD HARD DRIVE OR RAID SPACE ALLOWED BY Yosemite and El Capitan. To me, THIS IMPORTANT TECHNICAL FACT SHOULD SIMPLY BE LISTED IN THE OS SPECIFICATION, that is easy and quick to read on the Support Site. But, Apple being the new bureaucracy that they are, I do not see this happening, anytime soon. So, just be aware that, for now, THERE IS NO LIMIT ON SIZE, as one Apple Advisor said; but, could not confirm in writing; and, THERE IS AN INCORRECT DISPLAY OF SIZE AND FREE SPACE, if your Drive exceeds an unknown 16+ TB in size. Note that I do have 3 other RAIDs that are correctly showing-up as 9 TB, 12 TB and 18 TB in size; but, I do not know at which point SIZE DOES MATTER so that the OS displays it incorrectly, except for my 40 TB Drobo. So, bottom line, somewhere in between 18 TB and 40 TB is where it goes false, in its display of sizes.
Apr 21, 2016 2:56 PM