Apple's computers are available with a generous amount of hard drive space, from 256 GB all the way to 8 TB on high-end models. While that may be plenty of space for most users, video editing, ...

When you buy an external Hard Drive for use with Time Machine, Apple’s backup software, you will most likely need to format it before you can use it, since chances are that it is formatted for a ...

Mounting an external hard drive isn't as simple as plugging it in. We'll walk you through some decisions you need to make. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering ...

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While drives are sold as plug-and-play, formatting prior to use will give you optimal performance and compatibility with your Mac. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

This how-to shows you the steps using Disk Utility 13 in OS X 10.10 Yosemite, but the process is the same if you’re using OS X 10.9 Mavericks or 10.8 Mountain Lion. Here are the instructions using OS ...

Why “delete” and “format” do not really erase an external drive When I delete a file from an external drive, the operating system usually just removes its entry from the file system index and marks ...

Technically, it has never been a problem to format USB drives with a storage capacity of more than 32GB with the FAT32 file system. Only Windows itself has never been able to do this, so you always ...

How do I format a hard drive? A computer hard drive stores your files, allowing you to access them at any time. The majority of the time, you want these files to remain stored properly and safely.