Format Drive on Mac - WD My Passport Troubleshooting
The solution for most of the WD My Passport Troubleshooting Mac is formatting the drive. Here are the step-by-step instructions to format the WD My Passport hard drive.
Check if the WD My Passport hard drive is connected to your Mac computer properly.
Formatting the hard drive will erase all the data in it. If needed, you can back up the data present in the hard drive before formatting.
Search for the WD My Passport hard drive icon on the desktop and click it.
If this icon is not showing, click the Finder icon at the top and choose the Preferences option.
Select the checkbox beside both the Hard Disks and External Disks option.
Enter disk utility in the Spotlight search and select the Disk Utility option from the result.
Select the WD My Passport hard drive on the left panel of the Disk Utility and click the Erase tab at the top.
Now, the Erase dialog box will appear on the screen.
Enter a name for the drive in the Name field, select the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) option from the Format drop-down list, and choose the GUID Partition Map option from the Scheme drop-down menu.
Once you click the Erase button, the WD My Passport hard drive will be formatted.
Close the Disk Utility window, and the hard drive will be ready to use now.
Once done with using the hard drive, choose the Eject option before disconnecting the drive from the Mac computer.
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