This is for MAC OS X users who wish to format External Hard Drive or Flash Key to be compatible with Mac OS X, as we all know that Mac OS X is able to read various filesystem formats including those from Windows, Windows MSDOS, NTFS and more.
However to get a cleaner road for your filesystem it is recommended to make it compatible with Mac OS by formatting the file. And the following are the steps you can follow.
However to get a cleaner road for your filesystem it is recommended to make it compatible with Mac OS by formatting the file. And the following are the steps you can follow.
- Plug your USB or Hard drive to your Mac computer.
- Navigate to Applications > Utilities, and then run Disk Utility.
- Locate the drive name from the left hand side of Disk Utility and click on it
- Hit on this tab: Erase on top.
- On the Format: click the contextual menu and you need to choose: Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

- Name your drive, any name you like and it can be changed latter.
- Hit the Erase button and then reconfirm on the appearing popup window.
That's how you format external hard drive or flash key to match with Mac OS.

















