How to Format Portable Hard Drive for Mac and PC？
Geeks - To format a portable hard drive for use with both a Mac and a PC, you can use the exFAT file system. exFAT is a universal file system that is compatible with both Mac and PC operating systems. To format a hard drive using exFAT, follow these steps:
Connect the hard drive to your computer using a USB cable.
Open the "Disk Utility" application on your Mac. You can find it in the "Utilities" folder within the "Applications" folder.
Select the hard drive that you want to format from the list of available drives in the Disk Utility window.
Click on the "Erase" button at the top of the window.
In the "Format" dropdown menu, select "exFAT".
Enter a name for the hard drive in the "Name" field.
Click on the "Erase" button to begin the formatting process.
When the formatting is complete, the hard drive will be ready to use with both Mac and PC computers.
Once the hard drive is formatted, you can transfer files to and from it like any other storage device. Keep in mind that exFAT has a file size limit of 16EB (exabytes), so it may not be suitable for transferring very large files. If you need to transfer files larger than this, you may want to consider using a different file system, such as NTFS for Windows or HFS+ for Mac.
