Formats For Usb That Work On Windows And Mac

• Insert the flash drive or hard drive you want to format for Windows compatibility. Go to the Applications folder on your Mac’s hard drive, then go to the Utilities folder, and launch Disk Utility. • Select the drive you want to format. Warning: the following steps will delete any info you currently have on the drive. • Click the Erase button.

Converts the disk to MBR format, which will work just fine for most disks. If you've got a USB disk larger than 2 terabytes, however, you'll want to use convert gpt instead. I'm not sure if the above commands are all identical on older OSs (XP).

• Click the Format menu, then choose either MS-DOS (FAT) or ExFAT. Choose the former if the size of the disk is 32 GB or less. Choose the latter if the size of the disk is over 32 GB. • Enter a name for the volume (no more than 11 characters).

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Format USB drive for both Mac and PC use I bet some of you have this dilemma: you have a USB drive and want to use it on both Mac and PC. If you format the USB drive to HFS+ File System, it will not be supported by Windows computer. And if you format it to NTFS, it will not be fully supported in Mac Operating System. Here is a question: how to format USB drive for Mac and PC on Windows? Or in other words, how to make external hard drive compatible with Mac and PC?

Format USB drive to FAT32 or exFAT As a matter of fact, there are two File Systems that can be both supported by Mac and PC Operating System: FAT32 and exFAT. Then which File System should you choose?

FAT32 is more compatible. Besides Windows and Mac, it can also compatible with various devices like PS3, PS4, Xbox One, etc. However, you cannot store large files over than 4GB on FAT32 formatted USB drive and the volume has 2TB restriction. As for exFAT, it is less compatible. But it breaks the limitation of 4GB in File size and 2 TB in volume size. Therefore, if you want to use your USB drive with more devices, you can choose FAT32.

If you need to store large file over 4GB, choose exFAT. In short, choose one according to your situation. How to format USB for Mac and PC on Windows 10/8/7? Next, I will introduce you two detailed ways to format USB drive for Mac and PC on Windows.

One is using Diskpart tool and the other is using AOMEI Partition Assistant. Format USB via Diskpart tool Diskpart is a built-in tool that can manage your hard drives. You can use it to format disk including internal or external hard drive. Step 1. Press “Windows” + “R” to open Run dialogue. Type “ diskpart” in the Run dialogue, and hit Enter. In Diskpart window, input the following commands and hit Enter after each command.