How to Format an External Storage Drive in macOS

Sometimes, you may need to format your external drive before you can use it in macOS. I’ll teach you how.



Commands:
 diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ CleanDrive /dev/disk2



Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Formatting an External Drive Using Disk Utility
1:15 Formatting an External Drive Using Terminal
2:09 End screen




What you will learn:
1. How to Format an External Drive in macOS
a. How to fix the external disk locked in a read-only format
b. two primary ways to format an external drive in macOS
c. How to format the drive and change it to a format that suits you
d. How to permanently delete all data on your external disk
2. Formatting an External Drive Using Disk Utility
a. How to format your external drive easily
b. How to open Disk Utility
c. How to Select an appropriate file format for your drive, depending on your needs
d. How to format the external disk
3. Formatting an External Drive Using Terminal
a. How to format your external drive in macOS using Terminal
b. How to format your drive directly from Mac’s command line
c. How to get a list of all the external disks connected to your Mac
d. How to Locate the identifier of the disk you want to erase

















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